BES20 2225
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES20 2225
- Transliteration
-
l rmzn bn mfny bn rmzn bn nʿmn bn whb bn s¹b w bġy h- myt f h lt ṣrḫ
Josef Bloomfield
- Translation
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By Rmzn son of Mfny son of Rmzn son of Nʿmn son of Whb son of S¹b and he sought water and so O Lt aid [him]
Josef Bloomfield
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
This is the first attestation of a prayer for ṣrḫ in Safaitic. The term seems to correspond with the Classical Arabic ṣarīḫ/ṣāriḫah, "aiding, or succouring" (Lane 1676c).
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES20 team
- Technique
- Scratched
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- [BES20] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2020 and published here
- [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
- Site
- Wādī Miqāṭ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2020
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Watering, Prayer, Deity
Updated
07 Aug, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Josef Bloomfield, 'BES20 2225,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 07 Aug, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46448. Accessed: 12 Aug, 2026.