KRS 1726

Siglum: KRS 1726
Transliteration: l ʿ{y}b{t} {{b}}{{n}} qmʾl bn mʿ{y}r {b}{{n}} {b}wb {{b}}{{n}} ʿrs¹ h- s¹trt w wgm ʿl- {{ḥ}}b{{b}} qtl
Translation: To {ʿybt} {son of} qmʾl son of {Mʿyr} {son of} {Bwb} {son of ʿrs¹} belongs the shelter and he grieved for {a friend} [who had been] killed

Interpretation

Commentary: Lines have been drawn across the inscription and drawing and some of the letters have been altered making reading the original difficult and uncertain. The third letter, and the penultimate letter of the third name, which have been read as y have a line going across the loop and it is possible they were originally ḏ's with the prongs closed by a line. The crossbar of the fifth letter is shallower than the down stroke and it is possible that it was originally a n. The following b and n have been joined together to form a circle. The fifth b has several lines forming the curve. There is then a line which was presumably a n which has been extended with thinner lines and a crossbar has been added at one end. There then appears to be another b, w, and b which are difficult to make sense of as a name. The following b and n have been joined to form a circle. A circle has been drawn around the first t of s¹trt. A curve has been added to the ḥ of ḥbb forming a w and the last b of the word has been changed to a g.

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