BES20 614

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Siglum
BES20 614
Transliteration
l mnʿt bn ṣʿb bn grmʾl bn ḏʾb bn kn w ḥll h- dr f h lt s¹lm w ʾbṣ h- s¹l{k} f h bʿls¹mn <> rwḥ l- ʿlm bn s²ʿʾ
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Mnʿt son of Ṣʿb son of Grmʾl son of Ḏʾb son of Kn and he camped in this place and so O Lt [grant] security and speed of travel and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] a change of circumstance for ʿlm son of S²ʿʾ
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary
The word ʾbṣ is here understood as the masdar of ʾbṣ, following the meaning of the root referred to by the Lisān, which claims the root has the same meaning as NŠṬ, to be brisk, speedy (Lane 2797a) (see also Al-Jallad and Jaworska: ʾbṣ. The term h- s¹lk is perhaps the masdar of s¹lk, to travel. Following the name of the deity Bʿls¹mn, the author has written a redundant s¹. 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 614.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44541. Accessed: 16 Jul, 2025.