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KRS 3278

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3278
Transliteration
l s¹ḫr bn s¹ʿd bn s²rk w ḫrṣ {ʿ}l- {ḏ} nʿr----
Translation
By S¹ḫr son of S¹ʿd son of S²rk and he kept watch for {whoever} nʿr----

Interpretation

Commentary
The first ʿ is slightly damaged and one prong of the ḏ is unclear. It is also possible that the letter should be read as a h. There might be a further letter after the final r, possibly a b.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 3282-3287 (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
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum (1)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0023919
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