BRCM 37.1

Siglum
BRCM 37.1
Transliteration
l hnʾ bn s²ms¹ bn ʾby bn ʾrs² w wgm ʿl- ʾs²yʿ -h w s²ty f h ds²r w lt s¹lm w ġnmt w bny ʿl- ʾs¹
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Translation
By Hnʾ son of S²ms¹ son of ʾby son of ʾrs² and he grieved for his companions and he spent the winter [here] So O Ds²r and Lt [grant] security and booty and he built for ʾs¹
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM: ʾrf for ʾrs²; Translation: "For Hnʾ son of S²ms¹ son of ʾby son of ʾrf and I grieve for his partisans and I passed the winter (in this place). O Ds²r and Lt grant peace and easy prey and I build on theʾs¹ "
Commentary
The last letter of the fourth namer is identical to the s² in ʾs²yʿ and s²ty and so the name must be ʾrs². A photograph of part of the stone was also published in Bikai 2005: 4.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
Five camels and a man with a stick/sword in his right hand and a sword/scabbard at his belt
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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 225-244 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
Building, Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Season
Old OCIANA ID
#0030442
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA