KRS 911

Interpretation

Commentary: There is some scratching after the first n which suggests the author made a mistake and then crossed it out. It is difficult to interpret the rest of the inscription as it seems that some letters have been changed and other letters have been written over them. The letters dgm have been written over the patronym. After the second b the photograph is not very good and no letters are visible until the two r's. The letter after the second n might be an ʾ but it seems possible that it was originally a l and then a curved line was added to one side, either to change it into an ʾ or to superimpose a r. The following letters are quite clear although their meaning is obscure. There is a m written across the fourth ʾ and the ḫ, possibly because someone else was trying to turn the original name into his own name. There is a possible t above the inscription and perhaps lines of other letters as well.

Associated Inscriptions

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