BES20 1607

Siglum
BES20 1607
Transliteration
l bll bn ʾnʿm {b}{n} {ʾ}----ḍ ʾ- dr w wrd ḫrg b- ḏkr f h lt mṭr
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Bll son of ʾnʿm {son of} {ʾ}----ḍ this place and he returned to water having left during Aries and so O Lt [send] rain
Josef Bloomfield

Interpretation

Commentary
Much of the inscription is covered by scratching and possible hammering and therefore cannot be read in its entirety. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

Associated Signs
cartouche
Associated Drawings
Drawing of a horseman, horse, and camel. There appears to be a human figure between the legs of the horse.
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 1607,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45539. Accessed: 16 Mar, 2026.