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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

BES20 88

Text Information

Siglum
BES20 88
Transliteration
l nʿmn bn ṣyd w wgd s¹fr tm f ṯql
Translation
By Nʿmn son of Ṣyd and he found the writing of Tm and so he was weighed down by grief

Interpretation

Commentary
BES20 87 is very similar to this inscription but is by a different author. The author of BES20 87 also has a father called Ṣyd and found the inscription of somebody called Tm. The author of BES20 89, which seems to be at the same site as BES20 87 and 88, is named Tm.

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
Date Found
2020
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057139
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