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KRS 1643

Siglum
KRS 1643
Transliteration
l ʾʿmm bn m[r][ʾ] bn ʿ[h]d
Translation
By ʾʿmm son of {Mrʾ} son of {ʿhd}

Interpretation

Commentary
After the third m only lines are visible and the second letter of the third name is partly covered by a hammer mark. The names mrʾ and ʿhd are restored on the basis of the genealogy occurring in KRS 1640-1642.

Provenance
Wādī Abyad
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1639-1642

  • 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
#0022272
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