BES26_HRN4 21

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Siglum
BES26_HRN4 21
Transliteration
l ḍhd bn ḍhd bn ṣrm bn {ʿ}{b}dmt bn ḍhd bn ʿs¹b
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Translation
By Ḍhd son of Ḍhd son of Ṣrm son of {ʿbdmt} son of Ḍhd son of ʿs¹b
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary

ʿbdmt: The reading of this name is not assured. The first oval is proportionally quite large, especially when compared to the secure ʿ later in the text. The b seems to have been effaced, but if the center stroke is intentional, then we have a ḥ. Together, these would produce gḥdmt, an even stranger and unattested name. The name ʿbdmt is attested in Phoenician epigraphy, where it is undersood as 'servant of the Mut,' the Egyptian goddess, paralleling the name bꜣk-mw.t. If unrelated, then maybe we have a local name, 'servant of death,' comparable to ʿbdmny (attested in Hismaic).

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES26 team

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Coiling inwards

Associated Signs
several sets of seven lines
Associated Drawings
crude animals
Associated Inscriptions

  • [BES26_HRN4] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 26 at site HRN 4 in the Hārūn region of the Jordanian Ḥarrah
Site
HRN 4 (Hārūn area), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
September 2026
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Updated 25 Oct, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'BES26_HRN4 21,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 25 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/47935. Accessed: 25 Oct, 2026.