KRS 1744

Interpretation

Commentary: The shapes of the letters give the impression that the author was rather uncertain as to how to write. The second letter seems to be an unfinished m and the next letter is a carelessly inscribed d. The sixth letter has the shape of a m as does the eighth, although the latter is indented and a different shape to the other m's in the text. It is possible that the letters of this part of the text have been altered but, if so, it is not possible to distinguish the original lines. The first m could originally have been a b to which a curve was then added, the n to have had a loop added turning it into a d and the second m might originally have been a l to which a wavy line was added or a f to which a straight vertical line was added. The last word is partly hidden by another rock. It is possible that dmyt 'drawing' should be restored.

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