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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

BRCM 19.3

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 19.3
Transliteration
l ʾdm bn mḥl bn s¹ʿdlh f h lt w ds²r ġnmt ----
Translation
By ʾdm son of Mḥl son of S¹ʿdlh and O Lt and Ds²r [grant] booty ----

Interpretation

Commentary
A photograph of this stone was also published in Bikai 2005: 4. There are hammer marks after the last letter and it seems that the inscription continued and then the last part was hammered over.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Drawings
Two very crudely drawn camels and two equids ?
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
BRCM 19.1–2; 19.4–5

  • Bikai, P.M. Rajl: Cairn of the Mermaids. ACOR Newsletter 17:2, 2005: 4-5.
  • 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
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0025947
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