diff --git a/dat/engrave.txt b/dat/engrave.txt
index b650e35d4..05650ce41 100644
--- a/dat/engrave.txt
+++ b/dat/engrave.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ad aerarium
 Owlbreath
 Galadriel
 Kilroy was here
+Frodo lives
 
 # Journey to the Center of the Earth
 A.S. ->
@@ -86,3 +87,6 @@ Warning, Exploding runes!
 
 # "Whispers Underground" Ben Aaronovitch
 If you can read these words then you are not only a nerd but probably dead.
+
+# Portal
+The cake is a lie
diff --git a/doc/fixes36.3 b/doc/fixes36.3
index aff1c56f2..07257e74b 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.3
+++ b/doc/fixes36.3
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ classify sources as released, beta, or work-in-progress via NH_DEVEL_STATUS
 
 NetHack Community Patches (or Variation) Included
 -------------------------------------------------
+add a couple of engraving suggestions in pull request #79
 
 
 Code Cleanup and Reorganization
diff --git a/include/extern.h b/include/extern.h
index 9366817a8..b884287a8 100644
--- a/include/extern.h
+++ b/include/extern.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	extern.h	$NHDT-Date: 1557088399 2019/05/05 20:33:19 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.703 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	extern.h	$NHDT-Date: 1558485640 2019/05/22 00:40:40 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.706 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Steve Creps, 1988.				  */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1668,6 +1668,7 @@ E void NDECL(objects_globals_init);
 
 E char *FDECL(obj_typename, (int));
 E char *FDECL(simple_typename, (int));
+E char *FDECL(safe_typename, (int));
 E boolean FDECL(obj_is_pname, (struct obj *));
 E char *FDECL(distant_name, (struct obj *, char *(*)(OBJ_P)));
 E char *FDECL(fruitname, (BOOLEAN_P));
diff --git a/src/ball.c b/src/ball.c
index c6b8df331..5f87ef6e3 100644
--- a/src/ball.c
+++ b/src/ball.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	ball.c	$NHDT-Date: 1557088406 2019/05/05 20:33:26 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.36 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	ball.c	$NHDT-Date: 1558485648 2019/05/22 00:40:48 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.37 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) David Cohrs, 2006. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -850,7 +850,6 @@ void
 bc_sanity_check()
 {
     int otyp;
-    unsigned save_nameknown;
     const char *onam;
 
     if (Punished && (!uball || !uchain)) {
@@ -872,15 +871,7 @@ bc_sanity_check()
                   || (uball->owornmask & W_BALL) == 0L
                   || (uball->owornmask & ~(W_BALL | W_WEAPON)) != 0L)) {
         otyp = uball->otyp;
-        if (otyp < STRANGE_OBJECT || otyp >= NUM_OBJECTS
-            || !OBJ_NAME(objects[otyp])) {
-            onam = "glorkum";
-        } else {
-            save_nameknown = objects[otyp].oc_name_known;
-            objects[otyp].oc_name_known = 1;
-            onam = simple_typename(otyp);
-            objects[otyp].oc_name_known = save_nameknown;
-        }
+        onam = safe_typename(otyp);
         impossible("uball: type %d (%s), where %d, wornmask=0x%08lx",
                    otyp, onam, uball->where, uball->owornmask);
     }
@@ -892,15 +883,7 @@ bc_sanity_check()
                    || (uchain->owornmask & W_CHAIN) == 0L
                    || (uchain->owornmask & ~W_CHAIN) != 0L)) {
         otyp = uchain->otyp;
-        if (otyp < STRANGE_OBJECT || otyp >= NUM_OBJECTS
-            || !OBJ_NAME(objects[otyp])) {
-            onam = "glorkum";
-        } else {
-            save_nameknown = objects[otyp].oc_name_known;
-            objects[otyp].oc_name_known = 1;
-            onam = simple_typename(otyp);
-            objects[otyp].oc_name_known = save_nameknown;
-        }
+        onam = safe_typename(otyp);
         impossible("uchain: type %d (%s), where %d, wornmask=0x%08lx",
                    otyp, onam, uchain->where, uchain->owornmask);
     }
diff --git a/src/objnam.c b/src/objnam.c
index f2ebbcfb0..b74ffafdf 100644
--- a/src/objnam.c
+++ b/src/objnam.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	objnam.c	$NHDT-Date: 1558125504 2019/05/17 20:38:24 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.239 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	objnam.c	$NHDT-Date: 1558485650 2019/05/22 00:40:50 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.241 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2011. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -199,6 +199,28 @@ int otyp;
     return bufp;
 }
 
+/* typename for debugging feedback where data involved might be suspect */
+char *
+safe_typename(otyp)
+int otyp;
+{
+    unsigned save_nameknown;
+    char *res = 0;
+
+    if (otyp < STRANGE_OBJECT || otyp >= NUM_OBJECTS
+        || !OBJ_NAME(objects[otyp])) {
+        res = nextobuf();
+        Sprintf(res, "glorkum[%d]", otyp);
+    } else {
+        /* force it to be treated as fully discovered */
+        save_nameknown = objects[otyp].oc_name_known;
+        objects[otyp].oc_name_known = 1;
+        res = simple_typename(otyp);
+        objects[otyp].oc_name_known = save_nameknown;
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
 boolean
 obj_is_pname(obj)
 struct obj *obj;