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KRS 2955

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2955
Transliteration
l gʾyt bn tʿn {b}{n} q{d}
Translation
By Gʾyt son of Tʿn {son of} {Qd}

Interpretation

Commentary
The two b's of the text have slight tails and that of the second one is more pronounced giving it the appearance of a s¹. The following line which has been read as a n is rather long and it is possible it should be read as a l. The d is partly damaged by a chip.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

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
#0023589
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