BES20 694

Siglum
BES20 694
Transliteration
l {h}nʾl w lym tẓr b- dd -h ẓn b{n} s¹ʾb
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By {Hnʾl} and he lingered [in this place] keeping watch with his paternal uncle Ẓn {son of} S¹ʾb
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The translation here presents a new reading of the verb lym, translated as ‘to be at fault’ by Al-Jallad and Jaworska 2019. A reading of ‘to linger in’, similar to the Classical Arabic talawwama (Hava 694b), seems more appropriate. Note the other attested use of the verb lym also occurs with the verb tẓr, therefore there seems to be a connection between the two verbs. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Signs
cartouche
Associated Drawings
six lines
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

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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 694.' OCIANA. 17 Jun, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44621. Accessed: 06 Feb, 2026.