BES20 1270

Siglum
BES20 1270
Transliteration
l qdm bn fny bn ṭʿn w tẓr mny s¹nt h- ṣfrt f h bʿls¹mn s¹lm
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Qdm son of Fny son of Ṭʿn and Fate lay in wait the year that the plants were yellow and withered and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] security
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
The meaning of h- ṣfrt here is uncertain. The translation provided assumes the term is similar to the Classical Arabic al-ṣufārah, yellow and withered plants (Hava 391b). An alternative translation might be ‘the year of the hunger’, following a parallel with the Classical Arabic ṣafrah, hunger/emptiness of the stomach. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

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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Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 1270.' OCIANA. 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45201. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.