BES20 473

Siglum
BES20 473
Transliteration
l drbt bn ḫ{z}r f h rḍw rwḥ ----
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Drbt son of {Ḫzr} and so O Rḍw [grant] relief ----
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 4

Interpretation

Commentary
The second letter of the patronyn is partially covered by damage to the stone, so only a straight line is visible. A tentative reading of ḫzr is presented here, due to the attestation of a drbt bn ḫzr in CEDS 44. The direction of the inscription, if the reading is correct, is very peculiar. The inscription seems to run vertically downwards along the right-hand side of the stone and then a lightly hammered large f is visible above the r of ḫzr. The inscription then seems to restart with the vocative h to the left of the t of drbt and run downwards again. When the inscription reaches the lightly hammered f (after the w of rḍw) it continues again horizontally along the bottom of the stone, right-left. The letters after rwḥ are unclear. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Signs
cartouche
Associated Drawings
she-camel drawing
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

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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 473.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44400. Accessed: 24 Sep, 2025.