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KRS 1870

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1870
Transliteration
l bdd{h} [b]n bs¹ʾ h- ḫṭṭ ḏ- ʾl ----
Translation
By {Bddh} son of Bs¹ʾ is the carving of the lineage of ----

Interpretation

Commentary
The first h has a lightly scratched third prong and it is possible that it should be read as ḏ. The second b is partly damaged by a chip. The end of the inscription is probably on another face which was not photographed.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Drawings
KRS 1870 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
#0022499
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