BES20 667

Siglum
BES20 667
Transliteration
l {r}{s¹}bn {w} rʿl d{ṣ}{y}
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By {Rs¹bn} and he struck [the] {oryx}
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is difficult to read, but the author seems to be referring to the event depicted in the rock drawing on the same stone. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Drawings
drawing of a camel and rider, holding the camel's reign and seemingly spearing an oryx
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 17 Jun, 2025 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 667.' OCIANA. 17 Jun, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44594. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.