BES20 1525

Siglum
BES20 1525
Transliteration
l {ʿ}{b}d bn n{ḥ}ʿr
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By {ʿbd} son of {Nḥʿr}
Josef Bloomfield

Interpretation

Commentary
The first letter of the author's name looks like the shape of a 6, but presumably the apparent tail is a mistake. The second letter could possibly be a ḥ, due to the short horizontal line in the centre of the curve. The second letter of the patronym is difficult to make sense of. The letter looks like a backwards r, with a short horizontal mark, or possible a circle, on the inside of the curve. A name Nḥʿr is previously unattested and does not seem particularly likely. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Signs
cartouche

  • [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 1525,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45457. Accessed: 09 Mar, 2026.