BES20 316

Text Information

Siglum
BES20 316
Transliteration
l s¹ʿd bn ʾnʿm bn zdʾl bn ʿmn bn fl{ṭ}t bn bs¹ w {w}rd {h-) nmrt
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By S¹ʿd son of ʾnʿm son of Zdʾl son of ʿmn son of {Flṭt} son of Bs¹ and he went to water at Nmrt
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary
It is difficult to make sense of the letter between wrd and nmrt. Given that nmrt is typically written as h- nmrt, it seems likely that the first letter is a h. The lineage has been attested previously in KRS 164. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

  • [BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
Site
Wādī Mismā al-Sharqī, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2020
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Updated 02 Jul, 2025 by OCIANA

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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 316.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44243. Accessed: 14 Aug, 2025.