BES20 2005
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 2005
- Transliteration
-
----y{m}twy{m} m- ʾl zmhr w wgd rm mdbr
Josef Bloomfield
- Translation
-
----y{m}twy{m} from the lineage of Zmhr and he found Romans[?] in the inner desert
Josef Bloomfield
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The first part of the inscription is illegible in the photos. The reading here assumes the existence of a lineage group by the name of Zmhr, but such a group has never previously been attested. The letters following w wgd are clear on the stone, but the meaning is uncertain. The translation presented here seems unlikely, although not impossible.
- [BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
- Site
- Wādī Miqāṭ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2020
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Lineage (ancestor), Outside peoples, Place-name
Updated
28 May, 2026
by
OCIANA
Cite this Site
Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 2005,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 28 May, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46264. Accessed: 29 Aug, 2026.