BRCM 14

Siglum: BRCM 14
Transliteration: l ʾbḥt bn gls bn fs²gt bn glḥn w nṣb w l- -h [h-] frs w bny ʿl- ʾs¹
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Translation: By ʾbḥt son of Gls son of Fs¹gt son of Glḥn and he set up a standing stone and by him [is the drawing of the] horse and he built over ʾs
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: BRCM: ʾrḥt for ʾbḥt; s²fʿt for fs²gt; nṣr for nṣb. Translation: "For ʾrḥt son of Gls son of S²fʿt son of Glḥn and Nṣr and for him a horse and I built on the ʾs."
Commentary: Comparing the forms of b and r in this well-carved text, it seems probable that the first name here should be read ʾbḥt rather than ʾrḥt here and in the other inscriptions from this cairn. This text also provides the clearest reading of the third name in all the published inscriptions from this cairn. The reading is confirmed by Hismaic inscription ( ) where s² and g have their Hismaic forms.

Associated Signs: A later large sign with a long vertical stem with a circle at its top and three cross bars with circles at each end, making up the 7 circles. It has been hammered over part of one of the horses.
Associated Drawings: A woman drawing out her hair; 2 outline drawings of horsemen and a filled-in drawing of a large but unidentifiable animal.
Associated Remains: Cairn

[BRCM] 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

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA