KRS 1494

Siglum: KRS 1494
Transliteration: l mʿz [[]] bn s¹dʿ w ---- h- bk{r}t w{l}{ʿ}----ḥt w flṭ {m} ----{l}s¹
Translation: By Mʿz son of S¹dʿ w ---- the {young she-camel} w{l}{ʿ}----ḥt w flṭ {m} ----{l}s¹

Interpretation

Commentary: The author has crossed out a letter after the z. After the first w there are traces of letters but it is unclear what they are. The letter read as r is doubtful as it does not appear to have two arms. The five letters after the second w are damaged by a chip. The l and ʿ are doubtful and the following letter might be a ṯ, ṣ, or y. After that, there are two letters of which only the V-shapes of the the forks remain. The end of the inscription runs into the end of KRS 1492 which makes the reading difficult. There is a d written over the second m and the following w should probably be read with KRS 1492 although that leaves a rather large gap in this inscription. The next letter is partially covered by some scratch marks. The following n belongs to KRS 1492 and the l is connected to the arms of a b in KRS 1492 and the s¹ is partially covered by the r of that text.

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