BES20 1263

Siglum: BES20 1263
Transliteration: l rbʿt bn ġbwt bn lḥmt w wgm ʿl- ʾs²yʿ -h w grz nfs¹ {m}n- ʿm -h gr
Josef Bloomfield
Translation: By Rbʿt son of Ġbwt son of Lḥmt and he grieved for his companions and he cut himself off {from} his people Gr
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script: Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary: The meaning of the narrative following w grz is difficult to make sense of. Most of the letters are clear on the stone, apart from the letter that has been read as the m of mn-. If the letter is indeed a m, it looks very different to the other ms in the inscription. Nevertheless, the other possible readings of the letter, b and s¹, also appear in a different form in the inscription. A reading of ḥ is possible, but difficult to make sense of in the context. The translation of nfs¹ assumes the author is referring to himself, but one would expect a -h (i.e. nfs¹ -h) following the term. Josef Bloomfield

Associated Signs

cartouche; two sets of seven lines and one set of five lines

Associated Inscriptions

[BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here

Updated 02 Jul, 2025 by OCIANA

Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 1263.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45194. Accessed: 26 Jan, 2026.