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KRS 2956

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2956
Transliteration
l ----ml bn ----krt
Translation
By ----ml son of ----krt

Interpretation

Commentary
Most of the letters have been hammered over. It is possible the name should be read as {ḥ}ml bn {n}r and it seems possible that h bkrt should be restored at the end but it is difficult to read the letters h and b from the hammered lines.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Ligatures
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Drawings
KRS 2956 d/1

  • 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
#0023590
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