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KRS 3168

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3168
Transliteration
l qs¹m bn [ʿ]bd<ʾ>l
Translation
By Qs¹m son of {ʿbdʾl}

Interpretation

Commentary
There is hammering after the n of bn which possibly obscures an ʿ and a line joining it to the following b. The author appears to have written a ḫ rather than an ʾ before the final l.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Ligatures
Special Letter Forms
ʿ a dot
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Signs
Unidentified hammer marks
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
#0023806
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