BES25_MG1 21
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES25_MG1 21
- Transliteration
-
l ʾṣḥm bn ẓʿn bn krzn w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h
Sarah Abou-Zied
- Translation
-
By ʾṣḥm son of Ẓʿn son of Krzn and he grieved for his father
Sarah Abou-Zied
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
The author carved a horse over the final word of his original inscription, ʾb-h 'his father', and then wrote it again.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES25 team
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Drawings
- horse; man with arms raised
- [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, Drawing of a domestic animal
Updated
29 Jun, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Sarah Abou-Zied, 'BES25_MG1 21,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 29 Jun, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46346. Accessed: 18 Jul, 2026.