BES25_MG1 2

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Siglum: BES25_MG1 2
Transliteration: l rww bn ʿtm bn ʿḏrw
Sarah Abou-Zied
Translation: By Rww son of ʿtm son of ʿḏrw
Sarah Abou-Zied
Language and Script: Mixed Safaitic/Hismaic

Interpretation

Commentary: This appears to be carved in a mixed Safaitic-Hismaic script, displaying a Hismaic ḏ in the final name. Moreover, both the name of the author and his grandfather appear to represent wawation graphically.

Editio Princeps: OCIANA
Field Collector: BES25 team

Special Letter Forms: Hismaic ḏ
Technique: Scratched
Direction of Script: Left to right

[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
Subject: Genealogy

Updated 29 Jun, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Sarah Abou-Zied, 'BES25_MG1 2,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 29 Jun, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46345. Accessed: 04 Oct, 2026.