ZMMS 214

Text Information

Siglum
ZMMS 214
Transliteration
l gmr bn rb bn yṯʿ bn rs¹n bn bs¹ʾ bn ʾs¹d bn ʾḥs¹n bn gmr bn s²ll bn ḥbk h- gml w h rḍy ġnmt m- ḥwlt
OCIANA
Translation
By Gmr son of Rb son of Yṯʿ son of Rs¹n son of Bs¹ʾ son of ʾs¹d son of ʾḥs¹n son of Gmr son of S²ll son of Ḥbk is [the drawing of] the male camel and O Rḍy [grant] booty from the Ḥwlt
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Associated Signs
Cartouche. A stick-figure man with a sword at his waist and 7 circles below him behind the camel's hump. Between the camel's hump and neck, 2 crossed lines with tassels of different sorts at the top ends and unexplained lines between them.
Associated Drawings
A large outlined drawing of a male camel

  • [ZMMS] Previously unpublished inscriptions recorded by Al-Zuʿbī, M. & Al-Maʿānī, S.A. on their Marabb al-Šurafāʾ and Wādī Suwayʿid survey in north-eastern Jordan in 2015
Site
Marabb al-Shurafāt, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2015
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Drawing of a domestic animal, Isolated Prayer, Deity, Outside peoples
Old OCIANA ID
#0057387
Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

OCIANA, 'ZMMS 214,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/13593. Accessed: 22 Oct, 2026.