BES19s 7

Text Information

Siglum
BES19s 7
Alternative Sigla
OAM2 Saf 5
Transliteration
l s¹ḥm bn ms¹k
Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2022
Translation
By S¹ḥm son of Ms¹k
Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2022
Language and Script
Safaitic 3

Interpretation

Commentary

This stele is held in the Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum and presumably comes from Umm al-Ǧimāl.

Editio Princeps
Al-Jallad and Al-Manaser 2022

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Remains
Stele

  • [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 585-586 Plate 11
  • [BES19s] Inscriptions recorded during the summer season of the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2019
Site
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
June 23, 2019
Current Location
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum (NA)
Subjects
Funerary, Name only
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Updated 19 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'BES19s 7.' OCIANA. 19 Dec, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44057. Accessed: 07 Jul, 2025.