BES20 92
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 92
- Transliteration
- ---- bn whb w wgd ʾṯr gs² -h f ngʿ
- Translation
- ---- son of Whb and he found the traces of his troop and so he grieved in pain
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 lam auctoris and author name.
- Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
- 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
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0057143
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