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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 2390

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2390
Transliteration
l lqys¹ bn {d}{h}ml
Translation
By Lqys¹ son of {Dhml}

Interpretation

Commentary
Some lines of the loop of the d are lightly scratched and the letter read as a h has an arm and the fork is faint and slightly curved. There are light scratches around parts of the text which might be a crude cartouche. lqys¹ bn dhml occurs in SIJ 990.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Drawings
KRS 2390 d/1

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0023021
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