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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 1794

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1794
Transliteration
l ʾrzʾ bn wqʾl bn ʾfl h- bkrt w rʿy h- s²rg{t}
Translation
By ʾrzʾ son of Wqʾl son of ʾfl is [the drawing of] the young she-camel and he pastured the {area where water flows from the ḥarrah into soft flat land}

Interpretation

Commentary
The rock is worn at the end of the text and the t is very faint. The inscription is surrounded by a cartouche.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Signs
Cartouche; circle with rays with forks at the end
Associated Drawings
KRS 1794 d/1

  • 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
#0022423
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