BES26_HRN3 3

Text Information

Siglum
BES26_HRN3 3
Transliteration
l ks²dy bn nṣrt
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Translation
By Ks²dy son of Nṣrt
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary

ks²dy: The y of this name seems to have been carved first as an h and then corrected. It is likely a nisbah adjective meaning 'Chaldaean'; see Al-Jallad 2021d. Compare to modern Arabic names like turkī (Turkish) and rūmī (Anatolian).  

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES26 team

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
Man with belly; sundisk; plant

  • Al-Jallad, A. “On the Origins of the God Ruḍaw and Some Remarks on the Pre-Islamic North Arabian Pantheon.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31(3), 2021d: 559–71
  • [BES26_HRN3] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey '26 at site HRN 3 in the Hārūn region of the Jordanian Ḥarrah
Site
HRN 3 (Hārūn area), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
September 2026
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Foreign personal name(s)
Updated 22 Sep, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'BES26_HRN3 3,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 22 Sep, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46610. Accessed: 04 Oct, 2026.