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BRCM 37.2

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 37.2
Transliteration
l ms¹lm w l- -h [h-] ʾbl
Translation
By Ms¹lm and by him [is the drawing of] the camels

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM "For Ms¹lm and for him camels"
Commentary
As very often, the definite article (h-) before ʾbl has been assimilated to the pronominal suffix (-h) immediately before it. A photograph of part of the stone was also published in Bikai 2005: 4.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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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

  • Bikai, P.M. Rajl: Cairn of the Mermaids. ACOR Newsletter 17:2, 2005: 4-5.
  • 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
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030443
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