BES25_MG1 15.1
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES25_MG1 15.1
- Transliteration
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l hnʾ bn bnʿtm bn ʿḏr bn ḏl bn ʾs¹ bn ns²l bn ḏl bn ḥyr w bny ʿl- ẓʿn
Bilal Tahir
- Translation
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By Hnʾ son of Bnʿtm son of ʿḏr son of Ḏl son of ʾs¹ son of Ns²l son of Ḏl son of Ḥyr and he built for Ẓʿn
Bilal Tahir
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Commentary
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This inscription should be read together with BES25_MG1 15.2. The author of BES25_MG1 15.2 is Bnʿtm son of ʿḏr son of Ḏl son of ʾs¹ son of Ns²l son of Ḏl, while the author of the present text is Hnʾ son of this Bnʿtm. The present text therefore preserves the same genealogy and extends it by one further generation: Hnʾ bn Bnʿtm bn ʿḏr bn Ḏl bn ʾs¹ bn Ns²l bn Ḏl bn Ḥyr.
The two inscriptions thus appear to form a father-son pair. BES25_MG1 15.2 was written by Bnʿtm, while BES25_MG1 15.1 was written by his son Hnʾ. Both texts refer to the same individual, Ẓʿn. In BES25_MG1 15.2, Bnʿtm grieves for Ẓʿn, while in the present inscription Hnʾ states that he “built for” Ẓʿn. The shared genealogy and the shared object of commemoration strongly suggest that the two inscriptions belong to the same immediate commemorative context.
On the name Bnʿtm, see the commentary under BES25_MG1 15.2.
Bilal Tahir
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- BES25 team
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Left to right
- 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