BES20 1112

Siglum
BES20 1112
Transliteration
l s¹wr bn ḫl bn ḍhdt bn kṯrt bn ḥmyn w wgd ʾṯr ʾs²ym {b}[n] ----{s²}w {b}n ʿmrt
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By S¹wr son of Ḫl son of Ḍhdt son of Kṯrt son of Ḥmyn and he found the trace of ʾs²ym {son of} ----{s²w} {son of} ʿmrt
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary
The author’s name is covered by lichen on the stone, but can be read with close inspection. The genealogy has previously bee attested in BES20 583. The genealogy of the person whose inscription the author found is difficult to make sense of. Following ʾs²ym, there is a shape that looks like a ʾ or h, covered by damage to the stone. Here the reading assumes that the fork at the bottom is a mistake and the letter is actually a b, with the curve concealed by the damage. The letter is following by a chip in the stone where presumably the n and first letter of the patronym originally was. The following letter is either a s² or f. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

  • [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 1112,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45042. Accessed: 06 Apr, 2026.