BES20 432

Siglum
BES20 432
Transliteration
l mfny bn qdm bn mfny bn n[ʿ]mn bn w[h]b bn s¹{b}
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Mfny son of Qdm son of Mfny son of Nʿmn son of Whb son of {S¹b}
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary
The author seems to have missed the second letters of the name nʿmn and whb. It is possible to know this as this particular genealogy has been attested multiple times and the names nʿmn and whb consistently appear. Other readings of the genealogy in different inscriptions waver between s¹r and s¹b as the final name. It seems likely that the reading of this name should be s¹b. The inscription HNSD 166, for example, clearly distinguishes between the shape of the b and r, clarifying the reading. 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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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 432.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44359. Accessed: 13 Aug, 2025.