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BES20 173

Siglum
BES20 173
Transliteration
l mḥrb bn ʾlh bn nʿmy bn s¹ʿd bn mḏy bn wqr bn ġwṯʾl bn ḥnn bn gml
Translation
By Mḥrb son of ʾlh son of Nʿmy son of S¹ʿd son of Mḏy son of Wqr son of Ġwṯʾl son of Ḥnn son of Gml

Interpretation

Commentary
The author of this inscription seems to be the grandson of the author of BES20 172, which is on the same stone. The genealogies in KRS 1451 and RSIS 97 suggest that the author omitted a generation (tʾrt) between ġwṯʾl and ḥnn.

Associated Inscriptions

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Rawan, S. Neue safaitische Inschriften aus Süd-Syrien. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 16). Aachen: Shaker, 2013.
  • 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
#0057226
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