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KRS 1747

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1747
Transliteration
l rs¹ʿt
Translation
By Rs¹ʿt

Interpretation

Commentary
The reading of the third letter is clear but the name is difficult to explain. It is possible that it should be amended to b and the name read as rbʿt. It looks as though the inscription was first scratched and then the letters were directly hammered in thick lines.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
ʿ a dot
Technique
Direct ham. & scratched

Associated Signs
Cartouche around 1746–1747
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0022376
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