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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 1751

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1751
Transliteration
l ʿẓ{k}y h- bkrt
Translation
By {ʿẓky} is [the drawing of] the young she-camel

Interpretation

Commentary
The name is difficult to explain. It is possible that the fourth letter is a b, rather than a k, as it looks as though the straight line has been hammered on later.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
ʿis a dot; y loop is a dot
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Signs
Cartouche; Wasm
Associated Drawings
KRS 1751 d/1
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
#0022380
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