BES20 1658
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 1658
- Transliteration
-
l m{ṭ}rn bn rbn bn mnʾl w wgm ʿl- {s¹}ʿd w ʿl- mnʿm w {ʿ}l- {ʾ}nʿm {w}----{ʾ}tḫ
Josef Bloomfield
- Translation
-
By {Mṭrn} son of Rbn son of Mnʾl and he grieved for {S¹ʿd} and for Mnʿm and {for} {ʾnʿm} {and} ----{ʾ}tḫ
Josef Bloomfield
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The ʿ of ʿl before ʾnʿm looks like a w but from context is almost certainly a ʿ. The diagonal line at the top of the next letter is very faint, making the ʾ look like a h. Following ʾnʿm it is difficult to read the rest of the inscription due to damage upon the stone. It seems likely that the end was formed of another person for whom the author was grieving. Josef Bloomfield
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES20 team
- [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 1658,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45590. Accessed: 04 Apr, 2026.