filename,copyright,inscription_siglum,provenance,editio_princeps,field_collector,reference_sigla,short_citations,transliteration,translation,commentary,commentary_author,site,ociana_link
im0109258.jpg,,BES20 54,,OCIANA,BES20 team,BES20,BES20,l ḏʾ{s¹}d bn s¹qm,By {Ḏʾs¹d} son of S¹qm,"ḏʾ{s¹}d: The apparent s¹ seems to be of a different style to the same letter later in the inscription. It seems that the upper horizontal line continues beneath the damage, forming a stem of the s¹.
The name ḏʾs¹d has only previously been attested once, that being in C 3515 (=Wetz 231) where it iis perfectly clear, but this is one of the first copies of Safaitic inscriptions in 1858–59. It would in fact be a very strange name. It is possible here that the ḏ is a miscarving for the much more common hʾs¹d.
It seems that the author of this inscription is the brother of BES20 57, each having a variation on the name ʾs¹d.",,"Wādī al-Mismā al-Šarqī, c. 52 km north-west of Al-Ruwayšid, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan",https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/23382
