BES20 253

Interpretation

Commentary: {s¹}{l}{l}: The name s¹ll is offered as a very tenative reading of a section of the stone that is difficult to make sense of. The first letter seems to be composed of a long line diagonal line immediately following the n of bn. The top of the letter is obscured by damage. Underneath the damage the letter may potentially meet with the shorter diagonal line visible below the damaged section. This would give a V-shaped s¹. One cannot know for certain whether these lines form one letter or the shorter letter is an independent n or even possibly a ʿ. The following two letters seem to be two straight parallel lines, that have been read as two ls. The tops of the letters are abraded.

Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here