BES20 298

Siglum: BES20 298
Transliteration: {l} {ḫ}l bn s¹drn w ngʿ ʿl- {ʿ}wḏ{t} w ʾs²rq m- ḥkrn b- ʾbl l- brkt f h l{h} s¹lm l- ḏ s¹{ʾ}r
Josef Bloomfield
Translation: By Ḫl son of S¹drn {By} {ḫl} son of S¹drn and he grieved in pain on account of {ʿwḏt} and he migrated to the inner desert from Ḥkrn with camels to Brkt and so O {Lh} grant security to he who {remains} [alive]
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script: Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary: The beginning of the inscription is difficult to read in the available photograph. The word ʿwḏt here is presumably the name of somebody, rather than a noun. The place name Ḥkrn has previously been attested in KRS 36 The deity’s name is difficult to read in the photograph. Upon close inspection of the photograph, it is possible to see a very faint diagonal line that connects to the centre of the vertical line. This would give the deity name Lh.
Josef Bloomfield

[BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here

Date Found: 2020
Subjects: Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Grieving, Movement, Place-name, Prayer
Download Images

Updated 08 Jul, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 298.' OCIANA. 08 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44225. Accessed: 03 Feb, 2026.