BES20 50

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.

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