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BRCM 26

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 26
Transliteration
l glḥn bn gls¹ bn fs²gt bn glḥn bn ḫlṣ bn ʾs¹ bn nmr w wgm ʿl- s¹r w ʿl- s²r w ʿl- mrʾyġṯ w ʿl- ʾs¹ w ʿl- qs¹ w ʿl- mnʿt w ʿl- mʿyr ḏ- ʾl bs¹ʾ
Translation
By Glḥn son of Gls¹ son of Fs²gt son of Glḥn son of Ḫlṣ son of ʾs¹ son of Nmr and he grieved for S¹r and for S²r and for Mrʾyġṯ and for ʾs¹ and for Qs¹ and for Mnʿt and for Mʿyr of the lineage of Bs¹ʾ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM: s²fʿt for fs²gt. Translation: "By Glḥn son of Gls¹ son of S²fʿt son of Glḥn son of Ḫlṣ son of ʾs¹ son of Nmr and I grieve for S¹r and for S²r and for Mrʾyġṯ and for ʾs¹ and for Qs¹ and for Mnʿt and for Mʿyr from the tribe of Bs¹ʾ".
Commentary
For the reading fs²gt see the commentary to BCRM 14.

Provenance
Qāʿ al-Muqalla
Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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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
Genealogy, Grieving, Lineage
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030437
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