BES20 1643

Siglum
BES20 1643
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn ḥy w tḍ----
Josef Bloomfield
Translation
By Grmʾl son of Ḥy and tḍ----
Josef Bloomfield

Interpretation

Commentary
It is not clear whether the final two letters are intended to be a name or the start of a verb. There is a shape to the left of the ḍ, on the edge of the stone, that resembles a ṯ or ṣ, or perhaps a r. A tentative suggestion might be that this shape, resembling a r, is actually a b that has been compressed by the author to squeeze into the space before the edge of the stone. If this is the case, we might find a ʾ on the other face of the stone that is not included in the photograph, giving the verb tḍbʾ, to raid. Josef Bloomfield

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES20 team

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 1643,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45575. Accessed: 05 Mar, 2026.