BES20 58

Interpretation

Commentary: hys¹r: The reading of this name is quite difficult. Between the h and the apparent y, there is a short horizontal line and a small dot. The horizontal line and the y look like a ṣ but upon close inspection, the horizontal line is not connected to the y and is thicker and more deeply carved. The dot appears to be damage as there are similar marks above the inscription. Following the y, there seems to be another horizontal line which is probably damage. The following letter can be read as a s¹ in the inverted photograph, in the same form as the one in the first name. The wavy line below it is incised with a thinner instrument and more lightly, so is not part of the letter.

Associated Inscriptions

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