BES20 1569

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Siglum
BES20 1569
Transliteration
l ymlk bn mʿl w rʿy h- nḫl h- ḍʾn ḥdṯ w nṣb ʾṯʿ s¹nt qtl ʾl ḥrs²n ḏ ʾl ḥg f h lh s¹lm m s²nʾ w ʿwr m ʿwr
Ahmad Al-Jallad and Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Ymlk son of Mʿl and he pastured the sheep in this valley on new (growth) and he set up the cult-stone of ʾṯʿ in the year that the lineage of Ḥrs¹n fought those of the lineage of Ḥg and so, O Lh, may he be secure and blind whosoever effaces (this writing)
Ahmad Al-Jallad and Josef Bloomfield
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

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
Subjects
Religion, Genealogy, Pasturing, Date (s¹nt), Deity, Curse, Prayer
Updated 12 Jun, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad and Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 1569,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 12 Jun, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45501. Accessed: 22 Jun, 2026.