BES19s 40.2

Text Information

Siglum
BES19s 40.2
Transliteration
l ngm bn ṯrby w ḫrṣ mḥlt s¹nt ---
Salma Albezreh
Translation
By Ngm son of Ṯrby and he anticipated dearth the year of ---
Salma Albezreh
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary

The g in ngm could also potentially be a ʿ since there is no other use of either letter throughout the rest of the inscription to provide any relative certainty, but it is slightly more ovular tipping the scale towards reading it as a g. This is the first attestation of the name ṯrby on OCIANA. After the final word of the inscription, there appear to be multiple letters scratched out, making them unintelligible. Note that there appears to be an unexplained gap between the y in ṯrby and the following w. However, the continuation of the inscription along this gap remains the most plausible reading. 

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES19s team

Technique
incised
Direction of Script
curved

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Weather
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Updated 25 Jan, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad