KRS 1602

Siglum: KRS 1602
Transliteration: l {{w}}hb {{b}}{{n}} {{b}}{{n}}h {{b}}{{n}} ʿmy b{{n}} {{s¹}}wd h- ġ{{l}}mt
Translation: By {Whb} {son of} {Bnh} {son of} ʿmy {son of} {S¹wd} is [the drawing of] the {slave girl}

Interpretation

Commentary: Incised vertically down the left edge of the face. Several letters appear to have been altered or joined together obscuring the sense of the text. It seems possible that the second letter is a w and lines have been added giving it the appearance of a q. The h has been joined to the following b by inscribing the back of the latter along the line of the h. The following b and n have been joined together as have the b and n of the second name. The next b and n have been joined together and a cross line has been added to form a w. The n of the next bn has been joined to the first letter of the fourth name giving it the appearance of a ḥ. A line has been added to the l after ġ giving it the appearance of a s¹. All four inscriptions on the rock claim the drawing.

Associated Drawings

KRS 1602 d/1

Associated Inscriptions

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