BRCM 4.3

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 4.3
Transliteration
l ḥlt
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Translation
By Ḥlt
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM: Not published but referred to in the commentary to 4.1: "The writer misspelled ˙glt and started again with the correct spelling."
Commentary
The text is carved vertically on the right edge of the face. It is possible that it is a first attempt to write the name ḥglt which occurs in BRCM 4.1–4.2 but the author left out the g.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Top-to-bottom

Associated Drawings
A large male camel with hairs sticking out of its hump and a woman drawing out her hair
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
BRCM 4.1–2

  • [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, Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0025957
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'BRCM 4.3.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/16755. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.