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KRS 1875

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1875
Transliteration
l mlk bn ʿm w wg s¹fr ḥb
Translation
By Mlk son of ʿm and he found the inscription of a friend

Interpretation

Commentary
After the g there is the shape of a y where presumably the author forgot to extend the line on the other side of the loop to form a d. The last letter is on the edge of the rock and it is possible that the inscription continues on another face. It is also possible that, if ḥb is complete (i.e. that a second b has not been lost), it should be interpreted as a proper name "the inscription of Ḥb"

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
7 lines
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
#0022504
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