BES20 1458
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 1458
- Transliteration
-
l qḏy bn qdm b[n] qḏy w wgd s¹fr dd -h ḍll f b{ʾ}{s¹} m ẓll w ṯql w yʾs¹ m- ʿmrt
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
-
By Qḏy son of Qdm son of Qḏy and he found the writing of his paternal uncle who was lost, for evil is that which casts darkness, and was weighed down by grief and despaired on account of the ʿmrt (tribe)
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Interpretation
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES20 team
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- [BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
- Site
- Wādī Mismā al-Sharqī, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2020
- Subjects
- Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving
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Updated
19 Feb, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'BES20 1458,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 19 Feb, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45390. Accessed: 07 Mar, 2026.