BES15_MS 229

Siglum: BES15_MS 229
Transliteration: l ʿyn bn ʿtm bn grs² bn kʿmh bn nẓr w ʿlf w ḫrṣ h- d{}r w bʿls¹mn {ġ}wṯ
Phillip Stokes
Translation: By ʿyn son of ʿtm son of Grs² son of Kʿmh son of Nẓr and he fed [his beasts] dry fodder, and he patrolled this place; Oh Bʿls¹mn remove affliction
Phillip Stokes
Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary: ʿLF – This term in the Safaitic corpus always occurs “in the context of drought and the dry season,” and although drought is not explicitly mentioned in this inscription, the petition to Bʿls¹mn for “escape from affliction” certainly suggests a negative condition here as well. Thus, I have followed Al-Jallad and Jaworska (2019: 40) and translated it as “he fed the beasts with dry fodder” in order to convey this sense of the verb.

[BES15_MS] Stokes, P. The Badia Epigraphic Survey: The Safaitic Inscriptions of Marabb al-Shurafāt BES 2015. OCIANA: Zenodo, 2026. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23482253.

Site: Marabb al-Shurafāt, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan

Date Found: Jun-15
Current Location: In situ

Updated 19 Oct, 2026 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

Phillip Stokes, 'BES15_MS 229,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 19 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46913. Accessed: 24 Oct, 2026.