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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 3164

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3164
Transliteration
l ḏmr bn ʾbgr
Translation
By Ḏmr son of ʾbgr

Interpretation

Commentary
The author had to write bn and the patronym to the side of the first name in order to fit them in before the edge of the rock. There is a ligature joining the ʾ to the following b.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Ligatures
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
#0023802
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