BES20 1463
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 1463
- Transliteration
-
l s¹mʿ bn ʿdy ḫtn ʿl- -h
Josef Bloomfield
- Translation
-
By S¹mʿ son of ʿdy ḫtn ʿl- -h
Josef Bloomfield
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
It is not clear what the meaning of ḫtn ʿl- -h might be. Typically ḫtn refers to a wife's relation, but the meaning here is difficult to make sense of.
Josef Bloomfield
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES20 team
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Right to left
- Associated Signs
- cartouche; four lines
- [BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
- Site
- Wādī Mismā al-Sharqī, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2020
- Subject
- Query (subject uncertain)
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Updated
19 Feb, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Bloomfield, Josef. 'BES20 1463.' OCIANA. 19 Feb, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45395. Accessed: 20 Feb, 2026.