BBCD 1

Siglum: BBCD 1
Transliteration: l bdʾl bnt {ʾ}ml bn s¹lm bn ʿmy bn hʾbʾl bn ḥ{l}{h}m h- bkrt
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Translation: By Bdʾl daughter of {ʾml} son of S¹lm son of ʿmy son of Hʾbʾl son of {Ḥlhm} is the young she-camel
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: Graf: l ʿbdʾl bn hsmn bn s¹lm bn ʿmy bn hʾbʾl bn hs¹m h- bkrt
Commentary: The inscription was found on a basalt block built into a "modern wall which had been built across the front of the cave" at the Byzantine church on Jabal al-Luwaybidah Amman see BBCD p.406-407. Only a copy of the inscription has been published and it is difficult to see how Graf arrived at his reading if it is based on this copy. It seems likely that his reading was made from a photograph or the original and that the published copy was not checked by him. The above reading which is made on the basis of the copy should therefore be treated with caution.

Associated Signs: 7 lines; 4 of which are crossed by a horizontal line and 7 lines which are joined together by lines at either end to form the shape of a 'ladder'.
Associated Drawings: BBCD 1 d/1

[BBCD] Bikai, P.M, Shaʿer, M., Fitzgerald, B. The Byzantine Church at Darat al-Funun. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 38, 1994: 401-415.

Site: Byzantine church on Ǧabal al-Luwaybidah, Amman, ʿAmmān Governorate, Jordan

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA