BES20 1440

Text Information

Siglum
BES20 1440
Transliteration
l wḥd bn ḥg w ḫrṣ f h {ʾ}{l}[t] fṣy
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Wḥd son of Ḥg and he kept watch and so O {ʾlt} deliver [him]
Josef Bloomfield

Interpretation

Commentary
The deity's name runs across an area of the stone that has broken away. Nevertheless, it seems likely that the deity is ʾlt. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Signs
two sets of seven lines
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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Updated 02 Jul, 2025 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 1440,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45372. Accessed: 07 Mar, 2026.