BES20 366

Siglum
BES20 366
Transliteration
{l} s²{l}{l} bn {d}ll bn s¹lm bn s²ll b{n} {ṣ}m bn ṯ{ʿ}{l} w wgm ʿl- ḥbb f h lt bʾs¹ l- ḏ- yḫbl h- ḫṭṭ
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By S²ll son of Dll {By} {S²ll} son of {Dll} son of S¹lm son of S²ll {son of} {Ṣm} son of {Ṯʿl} and he grieved for loved ones and so O Lt [inflict] misfortune upon him who would obscure this writing
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The beginning of the inscription is difficult to read but can be seen more clearly in the two enhanced photographs. The author draws b and s¹ with an almost identical shape. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Drawings
Hunting scene, involving what seems to be a felid surrounded by three human figures holding swords and shields. Above the apparent felid, there is a mounted horseman seemingly spearing the felid. To the right of the horseman, perhaps separated by a vertical line, there is what seems to be a dancing human figure with an erect penis. To the right of the dancing figure, there is a human figure playing a double flute.
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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

Cite this Site

Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 366.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44293. Accessed: 29 Aug, 2025.