KRS 393

Interpretation

Commentary: What comes before bn ḥl{m} is difficult to make out on the photograph. The m of ʾḥlm has been altered by the edition of an extra lin to make it look like a w. This is an usual text as the author seems to be claiming that he “scratched out the inscription”. Both KRS 391 and 392 are to some extent damaged by hammering. However, the fact that some letters of KRS 392 seem to be written over some letters of the present text suggests that KRS 392 was written later and that the author is not referring to this particular damage. It seems more likely that he is referring to the changes made to the letters of KRS 391.

Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here