BES25_MG1 17

Text Information

Siglum
BES25_MG1 17
Transliteration
l ṭmṭn bn ẓʿn bn ṭmṭn bn ʾs¹mnt bn ʿ{s¹}n bn mlṭ w bny ʿl- ẓʿn
Muhammed Omar
Translation
By Ṭmṭn son of Ẓʿn son of Ṭmṯn son of ʾs¹mnt son of {ʿs¹n} son of Mlṭ and he built for Ẓʿn
Muhammed Omar
Language and Script
Safaitic 3

Interpretation

Commentary

ʿs¹n: The middle glyph of this name is rather large and wide compared to the previously carved , but the bottom stroke is rather horizontal, which seems to exclude its interpretation as a b.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES25 team

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
sun disk; ladder with seven steps

  • [BES25_MG1] Inscriptions recorded during BES25 at Marabb al-Ghuṣayn Site 1
Site
MG 1 (Marabb al-Ghuṣayn 1), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
June 2025
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Funerary, Genealogy
Updated 28 Jun, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Muhammed Omar, 'BES25_MG1 17,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 28 Jun, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46344. Accessed: 26 Jul, 2026.