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KRS 3231

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3231
Transliteration
l ʾnʿm bn s¹ʾr bn ṯbrt bn {h}mʿ{ḏ} h- bkrt
Translation
By ʾnʿm son of S¹ʾr son of Ṯbrt son of {Hmʿḏ} is [the drawing of] the young she-camel

Interpretation

Commentary
The fork of the first letter of the fourth name is written on the edge of the rock and the middle line of the ḏ is rather doubtful. There are several lines and curves on another face but they do not appear to be letters.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
Cartouche around KRS 3231–3232
Associated Drawings
KRS 3231 d/1
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 3232 (first face); 3232.1 (second 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
#0023869
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