BES20 1167

Siglum
BES20 1167
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn s²ḥl bn tm bn mfny w ḫrṣ h- yh{d}----
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By ʾs¹ son of S²ḥl son of Tm son of Mfny and he was looking out for the {Jews}----
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary
Unfortunately, there is no photograph of the end of the inscription. The “Jews” here may refer to the armies of the states of the Ḥawrān (Batanaea [between Mt Hermon and Gilead], Trachonitis [Leǧāʾ], Auranitis [Ḥawrān], Gaulanitis [Golan], Panias [by the source of the Jordan], and possible Ituraea [in Lebanon]) which were “given” to Herod the Great by Augustus and over which Herod’s son Philip (4 BC – AD 33/4) ruled. 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

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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 1167.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45097. Accessed: 04 Feb, 2026.