Siglum: Mleiha Tomb F5 Has  Script: Hasaitic

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Transliteration
1: nfs¹/w-qbr/ʿmd/bn/
2: gr/bn/ʿly/bqr/mlk/
3: ʿmn/ḏy/bny/{ʿ}{l} [-h]/br
4: -h/ʿmd/bn/{ʿ}{m}{d}{/}{b}{n}{/}gr/
5: {b}{q}r/m----r/

Translation
1: Memorial and tomb of ʿmd son of
2: Gr son of ʿly Investigator [?] of the king
3: of ʿmn which built {over} {him} his son
4: ʿmd son of {ʿmd} {son of} Gr
5: {Investigator of} [the king of ʿmn] ----

Commentary
The inscription is carved on a large lime brick with a raised border on which is carved an Aramaic summary of the content of the inscription (see Mleiha Tomb F5 Aram) with a date of 90 or possibly 97, depending on whether the seven wavy lines following the four 20s and a 10 are units or simply decoration to fill the empty space. In Overlaet, Macdonald & Stein 2016 it is argued that the era is probably that of the Seleucids which would make the date 222/221 or 215/214 BC.

For a full discussion of the inscription, including the meaning of the title bqr, see Overlaet, Macdonald & Stein 2016.

Subjects
Funerary Genealogy Building Historical

Site: Mleiha/Al-Mulayḥah, Sharja, UAE
Latitude: 25.3166
Longitude: 55.4979
Present Location: Sharjah National Museum
Find date: 2016

References:
Overlaet, B., Macdonald, M.C.A. & Stein, P. An Aramaic–Hasaitic bilingual inscription from a monumental tomb at Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 127-142.

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