BES20 984

Siglum
BES20 984
Transliteration
{l} lbʿ bn ḥyt
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Lbʿ son of Ḥyt {By} Lbʿ son of ḥyt
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The apparent lām auctoris is much shorter than the l following it, so looks like a n. The final name is followed by what looks like a large b or s¹. A name ḥytb or ḥyts¹ seems unlikely, therefore this has been read as unrelated. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Drawings
Four she-camel drawings, an ibex drawing contained within a cartouche (seemingly referred to in BES20 983), two quadrupeds (possibly gazelle), one oryx drawing
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

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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 984.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44915. Accessed: 14 Aug, 2025.