BRCM 39.3

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 39.3
Transliteration
l wq---- [b][n] [ʾ][n]ʿm bn ḥs²fn bn hls¹ bn glḥn bn ḫlṣ bn ʾs¹ w wgm ʿl- ʾs¹ w ʿl- mʿyr w ʿl- s¹r
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Translation
By {Wq----} {son of} {ʾnʿm} son of Ḥs²fn son of Hls¹ son of Glḥn son of Ḫlṣ son of ʾs¹ and he grieved for ʾs and for Mʿyr and for S¹r.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM: ḥffn for ḥs²fn. Translation: "For ʿbdt son of ʾnʿm son of Ḥffn son of Hls¹ son of Glḥn son of Ḫlṣ son of ʾs¹ and I grieve for ʾs and for Mʿyr and for S¹r".
Commentary
The text starts under ḥs²fn in BRCM 39.2 running left to right and then down the right edge of the face and after reaching the bottom edge curling back on itself three times and ending in the centre.

Editio Princeps
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Associated Signs
A line divides part of this text from BRCM 39.2
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
BRCM 39.1–2; 39.4

  • [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
Genealogy, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0030448
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA