BES15_MS 195

Siglum
BES15_MS 195
Transliteration
l bḫlh bn bnṣrh htk
Phillip Stokes
Translation
By Bḫlh son of Bnṣrh travelling by night
Phillip Stokes
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
HTK – This root occurs with a range of meanings in the classical dictionaries. Given the lack of further elaboration and context, we can only speculate at its use here. Hava (807) gives a form III meaning “to journey at night,” which I have tentatively adopted in this translation.

  • [BES15_MS] Stokes, P. The Badia Epigraphic Survey: The Safaitic Inscriptions of Marabb al-Shurafāt BES 2015. OCIANA: Zenodo, 2026. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23482253.
Site
Marabb al-Shurafāt, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
Jun-15
Current Location
In situ
Updated 19 Oct, 2026 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

Phillip Stokes, 'BES15_MS 195,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 19 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46879. Accessed: 23 Oct, 2026.