BES20 1881
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 1881
- Transliteration
-
l mtn bn n{h}s¹ {b}{n} nz
Josef Bloomfield
- Translation
-
By Mtn son of {Nhs¹} {son of} Nz
Josef Bloomfield
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Commentary
- Other inscriptions on the stone are written by a mtn bn nks¹. It seems possible that this inscription, as well as BES20 1882, which is carved alongside it, were practice attempts at writing the author's genealogy.
- [BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
- Site
- Wādī Miqāt, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2020
- Subject
- Genealogy
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Updated
15 Apr, 2026
by
OCIANA
Cite this Site
Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 1881,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 15 Apr, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46136. Accessed: 17 Apr, 2026.