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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

BRenv.J 21

Siglum
BRenv.J 21
Transliteration
l nʿm bn ys¹mʿl h- dr
Translation
Nʿm son of Ys¹mʿl was here

Interpretation

Commentary
See the commentary to BRenv. 19. No 23 is enclosed in a cartouche and runs down the central sloping face. There are two hammered and a few scratched letters between this text and 20.

Provenance
An outcrop and cairn 1.2 km east of the water-tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, on the Rushayda–Zalaf road, approximately 30 m south of the road, between the road and Wādī Shām.

  • Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 at an outcrop and cairn approximately 30 m south of the Rushaydah–Zalaf road, 1.2 km east of the water tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, and published here. No. 21
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036231
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