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KRS 3221

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3221
Transliteration
l ns¹ʾ b[n] ʾs¹{d} [bn] {ʿ}mrt
Translation
By Ns¹ʾ son of {ʾs¹d} son of {ʿmrt}

Interpretation

Commentary
The author appears to have left out the n of the first bn. The edge of the rock is covered by a white deposit which obscures the last letter of the second name the second bn and the first letter of the third name.The m is decorated with lines.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Letter decoration
Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 3215 (first face); 3216-3219 (second face); 3220; 3222-3223 (fourth face); 3224 (fifth face)

  • 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
#0023859
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