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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

BES20 207

Siglum
BES20 207
Transliteration
l ṣhy bn bddh bn ms¹ʾl h- bkrt
Translation
By Ṣhy son of Bddh son of Ms¹ʾl is the [drawing of the] young she-camel

Interpretation

Commentary
This genealogy has been attested in Is.R 14 and probably C 1552.

Associated Drawings
Drawing of a young she-camel (bkrt) referred to in the inscription. The animal's tail hangs low, but is slight curved at the end. There seems to be a girth in front of the hump.
Associated Inscriptions

  • [Inscriptions in Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum Pars V].
  • Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Reem Salih, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1996, 2000, and published here.
  • Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2020
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057272
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