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KRS 2805

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2805
Transliteration
l ws¹ʿ bn ʿwḏ ----ḫbby
Translation
By Ws¹ʿ son of ʿwḏ ----ḫbbite

Interpretation

Commentary
The two letters at the end which have been read as b's have been turned 90° degrees unlike the first b of the text. There is an abrasion between the ḏ and ḫ and it is possible that a h should be restored. ḫbby occurs as a nisba in KRS 371.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 2796-2804; 2806-2810

  • 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
#0023439
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