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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 2911

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2911
Transliteration
l ẓhm bn ʾs¹mr w h rḍw
Translation
By Ẓhm son of ʾs¹mr and O Rḍw

Interpretation

Commentary
The name is directly hammered and the beginning of the prayer is scratched onto the rock. There are traces of lines at the end but no letters are legible and it is not clear whether or not the inscription continues.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Name Distinguished
Direct hammered/scratched
Technique
Direct hammered/scratched

Associated Signs
7 lines

  • 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
#0023545
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