BES20 1408

Siglum
BES20 1408
Transliteration
{{l}} {{q}}{{d}}m {{b}}{{n}} m{{r}}ʿ bn ẓn[n]ʾ[l]
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Qdm son of Mrʿ {By} {Qdm} {son of} {Mrʾ} son of {Ẓnnʾl}
Josef Bloomfield

Interpretation

Commentary
Most of the letters seem to have been vandalised or joined together by the author. The vertical lines of the lām auctoris and adjacent q have been connected with horizontal lines at the top. Curved lines have been drawn on either side of the d, which makes it resemble a g with a central d shape. The first bn seem have to been connected to form what looks like a m with a central line. The same seems to have been done to the r of mrʾ. The name ẓnnʾl, whilst not fully visible in the photograph, does not seem to have been altered. Other inscriptions have been discovered at the same site by descendants of mrʾ bn ẓnnʾl (BES20 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411). 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 1408,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45339. Accessed: 11 Apr, 2026.