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BRCM 1

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 1
Transliteration
l ʾbn bn ʾfkl bn ns²l bn ʾktr bn mʿd bn ʾbgr w wgm ʿl- bn -h ʿl- tḥs¹n w ʿl- zbd b{n} s²ml bn ----y f h ds²r ʾws¹ w ġnmt
Translation
By ʾbn son ofʾfkl son of Ns²l son of ʾktr son of Mʿd son ofʾbgr and he grieved for his son for Tḥsn and for Zbd {son of} S²ml son of ----y so O Ds²r grant a boon and booty

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM: nfl for ns²l; [w] ʿl- tḥs¹n for ʿl- tḥs¹n; s²mln for s²ml; ġny for ----y.
Commentary
The ʾ in the first two names is like a ḫ. Presumably, tḥs¹n was the author's son, hence no w between bn-h and the following ʿl-. For ʾws¹ as an imperative "grant a boon" see Al-Jallad & Jaworska.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Name Distinguished
Incised/chiselled
Technique
Chiselled

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • Bikai, P.M. Rājil: The Cairn of The Mermaids. Pages 225-244 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, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Relatives
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030417
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