BES20 734

Siglum
BES20 734
Transliteration
{l} {r}{ʾ}t bn ʿl bn {s²}rẓ
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Rʾt son of ʿl {By} {Rʾt} son of ʿl son of {S²rẓ}
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is highly patinated and therefore can only be read in enhanced photographs. The first letter looks more like a ġ than a l. The first two letters of the author’s name are very uncertain and could be a number of possibilities. Following the second bn, the inscription seems to flow downwards. On the inverted enhanced photograph, it is possible to see a zigzag shape following the n, which has been read as a s². This, however, leaves us with the unsatisfactory and unattested name s²rẓ. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

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 734.' OCIANA. 17 Jun, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44665. Accessed: 31 Aug, 2025.