BES20 638

Text Information

Siglum
BES20 638
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn {r}my bn ʾs¹ w ḥl {h-} dr w wl{d} h- mʿzy
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By ʾs¹ son of {Rmy} son of ʾs¹ and he camped in {this place} and {birthed} the goats
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary
The d of wld looks like a y, as it does not have an upper line. The author seems to have erased a mistake between the z and y of mʿzy. 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

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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 638.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44565. Accessed: 09 Feb, 2026.