BES25_MG1 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES25_MG1 1
- Transliteration
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l ġṯ bn nṣr bn ʾṣbḥ bn rhn w wgm ʿl- ẓʿn w ʿl- s¹ʿd w ḥḍr ʿl- klʾ fnt f h lt s¹lm
Suleman Hijazeen
- Translation
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By Ġṯ son of Nṣr son of ʾṣbḥ son of Rhn and he grieved for Ẓʿn and for S¹ʿd and camped by water near the pastureland of Fnt so, O Lt, may he be secure
Suleman Hijazeen
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Commentary
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klʾ: While the verb klʾ 'to detain, withhold' has been previously attested in Safaitic, context does not permit such an interpretation here. Rather, we should compare it the Classical Arabic noun, kalaʾun 'pasture', which must signify an place of pasturage within the larger area of fnt.
fnt: This toponym is usually written fnyt. The spelling fnt now occurs twice at the present site, see BES25_MG1 14, indicating that it is not simply a writing error but rather reflects a phonetic variant. From this, it is perhaps possible to vocalize the word as /panayat/ and then posit the collapse of the triphthong to /panāt/, paralleling mnwt /manawat/ to mnt /manāt/.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES25 team
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- Associated Signs
- sun disk; irregular object
- [BES25_MG1] Inscriptions recorded during BES25 at Marabb al-Ghuṣayn Site 1
- Site
- MG 1 (Marabb al-Ghusayn 1), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- June 2025
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Grieving, Camping, Watering, Place-name, Prayer, Deity
Updated
27 Jun, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad and Suleman Hijazeen, 'BES25_MG1 1,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 27 Jun, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46338. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2026.