KRS 1291

Siglum: KRS 1291
Transliteration: l m{ʿ}ll bn h{ḥ{r}m h- b{{k}}rt
Translation: By {Mʿll} son of {Hḥrm} is [the drawing of] the {young she-camel}

Interpretation

Commentary: In KRS 1300, which is below the left camel on the same stone, we find what may well be the same sequence, mʿll bn hḥrm. In both cases the l's in the first name have short horizontal lines at their tops, even though the lām auctoris does not. In each case too, the ʿ has a medial stroke making it appear like a w. The second and third letters of the second name are partly obscured by the drawing. It is possible the third letter is a r, although only part of it is showing. A line has been added across the fork of the first h possibly in an attempt to change it to a y. There is a lightly scratched line turning the k into the shape of a m.

Associated Drawings

KRS 1291 d/1

Associated Inscriptions

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