BES20 1087

Siglum
BES20 1087
Transliteration
l ʾḥbb bn mhr w ḥws¹
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By ʾḥbb son of Mhr and he prepared ḥays(?)
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The verb ḥws¹ is previously unattested. The Classical Arabic ḥayyasa, to make ḥays (dates mixed with clarified butter and a dried curd), may have a similar meaning. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Signs
cartouche; sunburst
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 1087.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45017. Accessed: 13 Jul, 2025.