ZMMS 205

Siglum
ZMMS 205
Transliteration
l tm bn ṣrmt ḏ- ʾl ʿmrt
w wld mqẓt {b-} {r}gl{t} {b-} nq{r}t
s¹nt bḫr ṣwrṣ ʾ<>l- ml{k}t rbʾl
mlk {n}bṭ
Al-Jallad and Macdonald 2024
Translation
By Tm son of Ṣrmt of the lineage of ʿmr
t and he helped [the animals] to give birth at a place where [he had spent] the dry season by a watercourse in a small depression in the land
the year Severus was appointed to the kingdom of Rb
ʾl king of Nabataea
Al-Jallad and Macdonald 2024
Language and Script
Safaitic 4

Interpretation

Commentary

This text is dated to the appointment of Gaius Claudius Severus to rule over Nabataea, perhaps in 106 or 107 CE. The inscription likely refers to the same event mentioned in al-Namārah.M 58: s¹nt ʾmrt {ṣ}{b}r{ṣ} h-mdnt 'the year Severus {took control of} the province.'

Editio Princeps
Al-Jallad and Macdonald 2024
Field Collector
Al-Zuʿbī and Al-Maʿānī

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Parallel lines left to right

  • Al-Jallad, A. and Macdonald, M.C.A. The Roman annexation of the Nabataean kingdom: a Safaitic witness. Semitica et Classica 17, 2024: 303-312.
  • [ZMMS] Previously unpublished inscriptions recorded by Al-Zuʿbī, M. & Al-Maʿānī, S.A. on their Marabb al-Šurafāʾ and Wādī Suwayʿid survey in north-eastern Jordan in 2015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-Šurafāʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2015
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Domestic animals, Genealogy, Historical, Lineage, Outside peoples, Season, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0057390
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Updated 26 Mar, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad