BES20 717

Siglum
BES20 717
Transliteration
l {y}wly bn {l}ʾṣhy bn ḫll
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By {Ywly} son of {Lʾṣhy} son of Ḫll
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
Both the author’s name and the patronym are unattested. The author tends to draw l with a flick and does not distinguish between the length of l and n. An inscription by the author’s father is on the same face of the stone (BES20 718). Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Signs
cartouche
Associated Drawings
seven 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 02 Jul, 2025 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 717,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44646. Accessed: 07 Mar, 2026.