KRS 523

Siglum: KRS 523
Transliteration: l mt----{n} bn ʾ{m}t w ts²wq ʾl- ---- w ʾl- qymt [w] {ʾ}l- khl {w} ʾl- wʾl whbn [w] ʾl- ʿqrb w ʾl- {ṣ}hbn w ʾl- ḥ{n}{n}
Translation: By Mt----{n} son of {ʾmt} and he longed for ---- and for Qymt and {for} Khl {and} for Wʾl and for Whbn {and} for ʿqrb and for {Ṣhbn} and for {Ḥnn}

Interpretation

Commentary: The inscription is badly damaged by abrasions and hammering. The first n is rather short and the second m is damaged. After the first occurrence of ʾl there are two lines with prongs which are partially covered by an abrasion and which might be ʾ's, ṣ's, or h's. There is sufficient space in between them for another letter. No w is visible after the name qymt and the following ʾ is damaged as is the w after the khl. The w after whbn is covered by an abrasion. The ṣ is an unusual shape consisting of a small circle with two lines attached, and the last two letters are damaged by hammering.

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