BES20 663

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Siglum: BES20 663
Transliteration: l ʾny bn hms¹k bn nhḍ bn ḥmyn w s¹m{r}n {b}{n} {b}h w ds¹n----nẓt
Josef Bloomfield
Translation: By ʾny son of Hms¹k son of Nhḍ son of Ḥmyn and {S¹mrn} {son of} {Bh} w ds¹n----nẓt
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script: Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary: The letters seem relatively clear on the stone and despite the blurring in the photograph, the letters are mostly legible. Nevertheless, it is difficult to make sense of the inscription. The reading here assumes the inscription is formed of at least two genealogies linked with a w.
Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps: OCIANA
Field Collector: BES20 team

Technique: Incised
Direction of Script: left to right curving

Associated Signs: cartouche
Associated Drawings: sunburst

[BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here

Site: Wādī Mismā al-Sharqī, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan

Date Found: 2020
Current Location: In situ
Subject: Genealogy
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Updated 25 Aug, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

Cite this Site

Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 663,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 25 Aug, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44590. Accessed: 22 Mar, 2026.