BES19s 6

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Siglum
BES19s 6
Alternative Sigla
OAM2 Saf 4
Transliteration
l tmlh bn ʾnhk ḏ- ʾl bṣry
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Translation
By Tmlh son of ʾnhk of the people of Bṣry (= Bostra).
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Language and Script
Safaitic 3

Interpretation

Commentary

This inscription appears to have been carved by an Arabic speaker from Bostra who had come out to the desert; see Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser (2022: 582-587) for a detailed discussion of this phenomenon.

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Editio Princeps
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Technique
Rocking blade
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

  • [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 582-587 Plate 9-10
  • [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
Subjects
Lineage, Place-name
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Updated 19 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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2022, Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser. 'BES19s 6.' OCIANA. 19 Dec, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44055. Accessed: 08 Jan, 2026.