BES20 1395

Text Information

Siglum
BES20 1395
Transliteration
l m{l}k bn zgr h- dr h- ġzz
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By {Mlk} son of Zgr [who was in] this place on the raid
Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary

The l of mlk seems to have been inserted between the m and k, and therefore is curved in shape. An alternative reading of mġk seems unlikely. 

Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
left to right

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
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Present in a place, Raiding
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Updated 25 Aug, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

Cite this Site

Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 1395.' OCIANA. 25 Aug, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45326. Accessed: 10 Sep, 2025.