KRS 698

Siglum: KRS 698
Transliteration: l {ṣ}{d}m {{b}}{{n}} wṭy {{b}}{{n} f----{h} w {w}{g}m {ʿ}l- w----
Translation: By {Ṣdm} {son of} Wṭy {son of} F----{h} and {he grieved} {for} W----

Interpretation

Commentary: Most of the inscription is covered by KRS 696 and some of the letters seem to have been altered and so the reading is very uncertain. The second letter could be a ṯ and the third letter might be a q. The n's in both the occurrences of bn appear to have been extended to enclose the arms of the b's. All that is visible of the second letter of the third name is a line. The third letter of the name might be an ʾ or a h. The central part of the third w and g are covered by parts of the letters of KRS 696 and the ʿ is a rather large circle. After the fourth w there are lightly scratched lines and it is difficult to know what should be read.

Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.