There is no patina. The lettering is white with no wear. The whole article makes me want to say “eye roll”. I did a search and cannot find conformation on this find (doesn’t mean its not there just couldn’t find it).
Still, my suspicion is that it was done during a flurry of stone marking about 1900 (well documented BTW) or earlier by a Spanish surveyor.
So, why would the Spanish surveyor write in Hebrew? Well, maybe he was a Hebrew. He wasn't in Spain. By 1600s open persecution of the Jews in Spain had slacked off, and there were tens of thousands of Moranos whose families kept up the knowledge of Hebrew IN SECRET.
Out there in the middle of nowhere in a small group there were NO SECRETS.
if you look through the pictures of American Indian pictoglyphs and shamen's symbols found in that same region you'll notice the same lack of wear.
BTW, we know of a fellow who was a chuck wagon cook back in the good old days (early 1900s) who wandered all over the Southwest with his uncle and brother ~ chasing cows, etc.
He wrote Japanese characters all over the place ~ kind of like 'Hiro Was Here" ~ in 1942 or thereabouts these characters were discovered, gathered up, and shipped to Army intelligence for evaluation since the finders feared Japanese invasion from Mexico. They ended up at Fort Snelling where his new son inlaw recognized the work!
Archaeologists have also discovered Japanese characters carved into rocks in the Southwest near Zuni territory. They are much older!
I agree - not even a trace of desert patina. My 12 year old could spot this as a fake. Also the lettering is very straight, which is not indicative of ancient markings, unrelated to a tomb.