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KRS 1634

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1634
Transliteration
l ʾḥwr bn {{n}}{{ʿ}}mn
Translation
By ʾḥwr son of {Nʿmn}

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a line across the first letter of the second name, which is thicker than the letter itself, and a diagonal line protruding from the ʿ which is thinner than the letter. Both appear to be extraneous to the inscription.

Provenance
Wādī Abyad
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Drawings
KRS 1634 d/1
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1623-1633 (first face); 1635-1638

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0022263
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