BES20 627

Text Information

Siglum
BES20 627
Transliteration
l {ṣ}ʿ{d} bn ʿlm bn grmʾl bn ḏ{ʾ}b bn kn w tẓr h- s¹my
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By {Ṣʿd} son of ʿlm son of Grmʾl son of {Ḏʾb} son of Kn and he awaited the rains
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscriptions are very blurred, so the reading relies somewhat on previous attestations of the same genealogy. The inscription occupies two stones, moving to another stone following the ẓ of tẓr. 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

Cite this Site

Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 627,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44554. Accessed: 13 Mar, 2026.