BES20 50
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 50
- Transliteration
- {l} ʾṯʿ{l} bn lḥyt
- Translation
- {By} {ʾṯʿl} son of Lḥyt
Interpretation
- Commentary
- {l}: The apparent lam auctoris is much shorter than one would expect and looks like a n. Next to the l, outside of the cartouche, are what appear to be a hammered n and a t. Given that they are outside of the cartouche and of a different method of carving to the inscription, one would argue that they are extraneous marks. ʾṯʿ{l}: There seems to be a small semicircle in the middle of the l that makes it look like a long d. The y of lḥyt is touching a b from BES20 51.
- Associated Signs
- Lightly scratched cartouche
- Associated Inscriptions
- BES20 45–49, 51
- 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
- Date Found
- 2020
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0057101
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