BES19s 51

Text Information

Siglum
BES19s 51
Transliteration
[l] s²ml bn drb bn ʿḏrʾl bn d{ḥ} b{n} s²rb
Salma Albezreh
Translation
[By] S²ml son of Drb son of ʿḏrʾl son of Dḥ {son of} S²rb
Salma Albezreh
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary

The first glyph is buried but must be a l. The is unusually compact with very short arms, but it can hardly be read as anything else. The name dḥ is well attested. The n in the fourth bn appears unusually elongated, making its reading uncertain and potentially intended to be a different letter such as a malformed s¹. However, a reading of the inscription with bs¹ interrupts the genealogical formula and does not yield any attested vocabulary. 

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES19s team

Technique
incised
Direction of Script
winding

  • [BES19s] Inscriptions recorded during the summer season of the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2019
Site
Firʿ Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
June 2019
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
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Updated 19 Jan, 2025 by Salma Albezreh

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Albezreh, Salma. 'BES19s 51.' OCIANA. 19 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44116. Accessed: 08 Jun, 2025.