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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 3259

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3259
Transliteration
l nmr bn hnʾt bn mṭr bn qnm bn nwmt bn dr{s¹} bn lṭs¹ w ḥll
Translation
By Nmr son of Hnʾt son of Mṭr son of Qnm son of Nwmt son of {Drs¹} son of Lṭs¹ and he camped [here]

Interpretation

Commentary
The s¹ of the sixth name is faint and rather damaged.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
m's are two lines drawn in parallel with slight curve but not closed at either end
Technique
Incised scratched & mul. scra

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Inscriptions
Arabic

  • 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
#0023897
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