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BRCM 39.4

Text Information

Siglum
BRCM 39.4
Transliteration
l wtr bn s¹r bn ʾbḥt bn mrʾyġṯ w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- ʾḫ -h w ʿl- ʾḫ -h w ʿl- ʾm -h ḏ- ʾl bs¹ʾ
Translation
By Wtr son of S¹r son of ʾbḥt son of Mrʾyġṯ and he grieved for his father and for his brother and for his brother and for his mother of the lineage of Bs¹ʾ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
BRCM: ʾrḥt for ʾbḥt. Translation "By Wtr son of S¹r son of ʾrḥt son of Mrʾyġṯ I grieve for his father and his brother and his brother and his mother from the tribe Bsʾ".
Commentary
The text starts at the far left of the face.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Associated Signs
A line dividing this text from BRCM 39.3
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
BRCM 29.1–3

  • 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, Relatives
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030449
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