BES15_MS 898

Siglum
BES15_MS 898
Transliteration
l qs¹ bn mʿn bn s¹rdt w rʿy ʾ- frʿ (topographical feature)
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Translation
By Qs¹ son of Mʿn son of S¹rdt and he pastured the canyon
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
FRʿ – According to Lane (2379), farʿ can mean “a channel in which water runs to the canyon [šiʿb] or valley [wādī],” and more specifically, “the water-course in a low tract or between two acclivities of two mountains.” In local toponymy, it is used to refer to tributaries of major wadis.

  • [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 898,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 19 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/47582. Accessed: 31 Oct, 2026.