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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

BES20 270

Siglum
BES20 270
Transliteration
l qym bn mrʾ bn ẓnnʾl
Translation
By Qym son of Mrʾ son of Ẓnnʾl

Interpretation

Commentary
The m of qym resembles a g, clearly differing in shape from the same letter in mrʾ. At the end of the inscription, there are three marks that resemble bn r. This might mean that the inscription was left unfinished, nevertheless they could reasonably be interpreted as unrelated marks on the stone or errors by the author.

Associated Drawings
Possible quadruped figure (without head); lightly scratched she-camel with curled tail
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0057817
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