BRCM 19.3

Text Information

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

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.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

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

  • [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
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0025947
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA