BES20 19

Siglum: BES20 19
Transliteration: l s²nf bn zml w rʿy h- rḥb l- mn
Translation: By S²nf son of Zml and he pastured at these shallow depressions for food

Interpretation

Commentary: h- rḥb: Plural of rḥbt, a shallow depression where water collects. A combination of the demonstrative adjective and the plural of rḥbt is also attested in HaNSB 269. Note that one line of the b is lost in a crack in the stone surface. See Al-Jallad & Jaworska 2019, rḥbt1. l- mn: The translation of l m n is unclear here. The translation assumes the meaning is related to the Arabic mūnah, provisions (i.e. food). Inscription BES20 22 runs over the first name.

Associated Signs

Cartouche, seven lines

Associated Inscriptions

Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here

Site: Wādī al-Mismā al-Šarqī, c. 52 km north-west of Al-Ruwayšid, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan