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KRS 2488

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2488
Transliteration
l kṯ {{b}}{{n}} s¹d {b}{n} {{n}}g{y} {{b}}{{n}} {{ʾ}}{{g}}{r}
Translation
By Kṯ {son of} S¹d {son of} {Ngy} {son of} {ʾgr}

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is difficult to interpret and presumably the letters have been altered. We present one possible interpretation here. The fourth letter has the appearance of a w but it seems possible that the b and n have been joined together and an additional line has been added. The b has been joined to the n of the next bn. It is possible the next letter was originally a n and a cross-bar has been added later. The b and n of the third bn have joined together to form a g. A line has been added across the fork of the ʾ to form a ṣ and an additional loop has been added to the following g. One arm of the final letter has only a slight curve and the other has been hammered over.

Provenance
Qitar al-ʿAbd
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

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
#0023121
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