BES20 39.1
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 39.1
- Transliteration
-
l ġyrʾl bn bnms²{s²}
Michael C.A. Macdonald
- Translation
-
By Ġyrʾl son of {Bnms²s²}
Michael C.A. Macdonald
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Commentary
The text is well carved in incised letters at right angles to the second letter of BES20 39. The second name, bnms²{s²} is bizzare but, apart from the last one, all the letters are clear.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- Michael C.A. Macdonald
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- right to left
- Associated Inscriptions
- [BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
- Site
- Wādī al-Mismā al-Šarqī, c. 52 km north-west of Al-Ruwayšid, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2020
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
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Updated
14 Apr, 2025
by
Michael Macdonald
Cite this Site
Macdonald, Michael. 'BES20 39.1.' OCIANA. 14 Apr, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44209. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.