BRCM 19.2

Siglum
BRCM 19.2
Transliteration
l ʾbḥt bn gls¹ bn fs²gt bn glḥn bn ḫlṣ bn wʾlt w wgm ʿl- s¹r
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Translation
By ʾbḥt son of Gls¹ son of Fs²gt son of Glḥn son of Ḫlṣ son of Wʾlt and he grieved for s¹r
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM: ʾrḥt for ʾbḥt; s²fʿt for fs²gt. Translation: w wgm ʿl s¹r "and I grieve for S¹r".
Commentary
A photograph of this stone was also published in Bikai 2005: 4. For the readings ʾbḥt and fs²gt see BRCM 14.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Coil/curving

Associated Drawings
Two very crudely drawn camels and two equids ?
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [BRCM] Bikai, P.M. Rajl: Cairn of the Mermaids. ACOR Newsletter 17:2, 2005: 4-5.
  • [BRCM] Bikai, P.M. Rājil: The Cairn of the Mermaids. Pages 225-243 in F. al-Khraysheh (ed.), Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan X. Amman: Department of Antiquities, 2009.
Site
Qāʿ al-Muqallā 40 km east of al-Azraq in Wādī Rāǧil, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2002–2005
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0025946
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA