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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

BES20 126

Text Information

Siglum
BES20 126
Transliteration
l rbʿ bn ḥrs¹
Translation
By Rbʿ son of Ḥrs¹

Interpretation

Commentary
The stone bears seven inscriptions by brothers, all sons of ḥrs¹. BES20 123 is by an author called ḥrs¹, possibly the father of the seven brothers. The brothers' inscriptions are all scratched and the possible father's is hammered.

Associated Inscriptions
BES20 120–125, 127–128

  • 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
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057178
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