BES19s 3
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES19s 3
- Alternative Sigla
- OAM2 Saf 1
- Transliteration
-
l mṭr bn ṣbḥ ḏ- ʾl ṣbḥ ʾl mṭr
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
-
By Mṭr son of Ṣbḥ of the lineage of Ṣbḥ, [of] the
lineage of MṭrAhmad Al-Jallad - Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Commentary
- This text is part of partial bilingual inscription, BES19s Grk 1. For a full discussion of its cultural context, see Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2024: 572-577.
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2022
- Special Letter Forms
- Spiral r
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Left to right
- Associated Inscriptions
- [OAM2] Al-Jallad, A. & Al-Manaser, A. Old Arabic Minutiae II: Greek-Safaitic Bilinguals and Language Contact in the Syro-Arabian Ḥarrah. Arabica 69, 2022: 567-590 pp 527-577 Plate 4
- [BES19s] Inscriptions recorded during the summer season of the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2019
- Site
- Wādī Ruʿaylah, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- June 16, 2019
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Lineage
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Updated
02 Dec, 2024
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Ahmad Al-Jallad