BES25_MG1 19.2
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES25_MG1 19.2
- Transliteration
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l ʾlbʾ bn ms¹k bn wʾl w bny ʿl- ẓʿn
Han Yang
- Translation
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By ʾlbʾ son of Ms¹k son of Wʾl and he built upon Ẓʿn
Han Yang
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Commentary
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ʾlbʾ (bn ms¹k bn wʾl bn ḥnn) is the brother of Wʾl (bn ms¹k bn wʾl bn ḥnn) in BES25_MG1 10.3, their father is the dedicant of BES25_MG1 19.1; ʾlbʾ is a rare name –– its only other co-occurrence in the corpus with Ms¹k, a very common name, is on a Safaitic bowl (Damascus Museum 21039.1). The use of variant sign forms for alif at word-medial and word-final positions (in the dedicant's name) and the consistently triangular shape for the three letters in the father's name (Ms¹k) are paleographically interesting, the latter perhaps signaling that the two inscriptions were carved by a single person.
Han Yang
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES25 team
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Inscriptions
- [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, Building, Funerary
Updated
04 Jul, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Han Yang, 'BES25_MG1 19.2,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 04 Jul, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46351. Accessed: 22 Jul, 2026.