MKJS 1

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Siglum
MKJS 1
Transliteration
l ʾnʿm bn ʾys¹ bn ʿḏ bn ʾmr w s²ty ʿnzt nfr mn ʾ- rm
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Translation
By ʾnʿm son of ʾys¹ son of ʿḏ and he spent the winter at ʿAnāzh whilst fleeing from the Rm
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary

Jabal ʿAnāzah is north of Al-Safāwī in north-east Jordan (32.37583333 N 37.07194444 E). On the other hand it is possible that ʿnzt is "a long flat-topped hill rising from a plain" (Groom 1983: 41).

Note that the definite article here is the rarer ʾ- rather than h-

Michael C.A. Macdonald

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
Michael Macdonald, Geraldien King, Ann Searight

Technique
Incised & chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions

  • [MKJS] Inscriptions recorded at Ǧabal Ṣāqāʾ/Ṣāǧa in 1982 by Michael Macdonald, Geraldine King, and Ann Searight, and published here
Site
Ǧabal Ṣaqʿ / Ṣaǧaʿ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1981
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Season, Place-name, Outside peoples
Old OCIANA ID
#0024586
Updated 04 Jun, 2026 by Michael Macdonald

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad and Michael C.A. Macdonald, 'MKJS 1,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 04 Jun, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/9979. Accessed: 21 Jun, 2026.