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BRCM 19.6

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 19.6
Transliteration
{l} ʾḏnt bn yknn bn bnẓʿn bn lmn{t} ----ʾn bn nmr bn ----{l}{s²}ʾ w wgm ʿl- ʾ{s¹}{s¹} w ʿl- {ʾ}s¹ w ʿ{l}- {m}{w}y bn ---- w bn----
Translation
{By} ʾḏnt son of Yknn son of Bnẓʿn son of {Lmnt} ----ʾn son of Nmr son of ----{ls²ʾ} and he grieved for {ʾs¹s¹} and for {ʾs¹} and {for} {Mwy} son of ---- and ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Not read in BRCM.
Commentary
This text is on a stone in the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph showing BRCM 19.1–5 in Bikai 2005: 5. Not all of the text is visible on the photograph.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • 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
Genealogy, Grieving
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0025950
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