KRS 1342

Siglum: KRS 1342
Transliteration: l bny bn ẓnʾl bn tm w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- ʾs²yʿ -h f wlh l- ʾbd w h s²ʿqm rwḥ l- {{ḏ}} s¹lm ḥll {-k}
Translation: By Bny son of Ẓnʾl son of Tm and he grieved for his father and for his companions and so he was distraught for ever and O S²ʿqm [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty to {him who} s¹lm ḥll {-k}

Interpretation

Commentary: The eighth letter has three prongs with a line going across the top. It might be a y but the enclosing line is shallower than other lines of the letter and it seems more likely that the letter is a ḏ and that the line was added later. The line of the k at the end does not continue beyond the curve of the letter probably because it is written on the very edge of the rock. It is possible that the text continues on another face of the rock which was not photographed. Note this is one of a handful of examples of the divine name s²ʿ-h-qm spelt s²ʿqm, see for instance KRS 56, 344, 1886, etc.

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