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BES20 254

Siglum
BES20 254
Transliteration
l b{ʾ}s¹h bn {ʿ}lhm bn qṭʿn
Translation
By {Bʾs¹h} son of {ʿlhm} son of Qṭʿn

Interpretation

Commentary
b{ʾ}s¹h: Damage obscures the bottom of the second letter and the lower-left leg looks similar to the hook of a ṣ. Nevertheless, the letter is almost certainly a ʾ. {ʿ}lhm: The ʿ is obscured by damage but a small circle is visible through the damage in the enhanced photographs. The genealogy has been attested three times previously (C 3147; WH 730, 832).

Associated Inscriptions

  • [Inscriptions in Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum Pars V].
  • [Safaitic Inscriptions in Winnett and Harding 1978 (WIFSC)].
  • Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
Site
Wādī Mismā al-šarqī, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2020
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057488
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