BES19s 5

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Siglum: BES19s 5
Alternative Sigla: OAM2 Saf 3
Transliteration: l wʾl bʿl gb
Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2022
Translation: By Wʾl husband of Gb
Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2022
Language and Script: Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary: This text is on the same panel as BES19s 4 and BES19s Grk 3. The female to which this inscription refers, Gb, is known from a burial site about a kilometer away (Al-Jallad et al. forthcoming). This is the first example of a man referring to himself as the 'husband' of someone, and likely indicates the important social status of his wife.

Editio Princeps: Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2022

Technique: Chiseled
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 578 Plate 6
[BES19s] Inscriptions recorded during the summer season of the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2019

Site: Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī area, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan

Date Found: June 22, 2019
Current Location: In situ
Subject: Women
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Updated 19 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad