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KRS 3197

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3197
Transliteration
l ḏr bn ʾl{s¹} bn ʿb<<>>ṭ bn ʿmr bn mlkt bn frhz bn ḫfy bn ḫbb bn zmhr w tẓr s²nʾ s¹nt qtl bny
Translation
By Ḏr son of {ʿls¹} son of {ʿbṭ} son of ʿmr son of Mlkt son of Frhz son of Ḫfy son of Ḫbb son of Zmhr and he lay in wait for enemies the year Bny was killed

Interpretation

Commentary
The first s¹ is rather faint. There is possibly a n after the third b and perhaps the name should be read as ʿbnṭ. However, it seems more likely that the apparent n is incidental and that the name is ʿbṭ. The t of the word s¹nt has been left out and is written slightly above the q.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Signs
7 lines
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
#0023835
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