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KRS 3224

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3224
Transliteration
l grf bn ʾs¹d bn ʿmrt bn lqf h- frs¹ w h rḍy ʿwr m ʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
Translation
By Grf son of ʾs¹d son of ʿmrt son of Lqf is the horseman and O Rḍy blind whoever scratches out the carving

Interpretation

Commentary
Some of the letters of the name have been decorated. The r's, f's, and first b are drawn with double lines, with short lines across them, and the m also has short lines across it. The last part of the inscription is carved on the fourth face.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Name Distinguished
Letter decoration
Special Features
Letter decoration
Technique
Incised

Associated Drawings
KRS 3224 d/1
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 3215 (first face); 3216-3219 (second face); 3220-3221 (third face); 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
#0023862
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