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BRenv.H 2

Siglum
BRenv.H 2

Interpretation

Commentary
The Arabic inscription in the miḥrab of the mosque at one of the Ahl al-Jabal graves south of Biʾr Ruṣayʿī .

Provenance
Approximately 300 m south of B¡r al-Ruṣayʿī, on top of a hill. A number of elaborate Ahl al-Jabal graves with "wings", one with a desert mosque attached. There are a number of modern Arabic inscriptions associated with these graves. Some Safaitic texts are on stones used in the graves and on the rocks around.

  • Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 at a number of elaborate Ahl al-Ǧabal graves with "wings", one with a desert mosque attached, some 80 m south of the water tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, and published here.
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Old OCIANA ID
#0036353
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