BES20 92
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 92
- Transliteration
-
---- bn whb w wgd ʾṯr gs² -h f ngʿ
OCIANA
- Translation
-
---- son of Whb and he found the traces of his troop and so he grieved in pain
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Commentary
bn whb: The inscription probably starts on another side of the stone that is not shown in the photographs. It would be unlikely for an inscription to start without the usual lām auctoris and author's name.
- Technique
- Rocking-blade
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- [BES20] 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, Grieving for a group
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0057143
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Updated
16 Apr, 2025
by
Michael Macdonald
Cite this Site
Macdonald, Michael. 'BES20 92.' OCIANA. 16 Apr, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/23420. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.