HHM 2
Text Information
- Siglum
- HHM 2
- Transliteration
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l brd bn ddʾl w s¹qm f ts²wq {f} m ʿṣ lh ḥnn -h w ḏkrt lt ʿqrb w bʿqt w ʾls¹lm w ddʾl bn bʿqt w ʾnʿm bn qṭb w ʾs¹lh bn ġṯ w ʾrs² bn ʾs¹lh w tm bn ḥnn w ʿqrb bn mʿṯ w gʿd w whbl bn znyt w ḍḥy w gls¹ w ʾbn ---- w {b}dr [.] w whb bn ʾmr w ġyr w ṣḫb [w] whbn {w} {ʾ}b w {ġ}ṯ [.] bn ns²l {w} ʾmr w {ṣ}ʿb w ʿwḏlh bn ʾs¹lh w ns²l bn yġṯ w ḥd bn ʾws¹ w ʾs¹lh bn hnyt w ʾbgr bn whb [w] whb ----m w {ḥ}ddn w ʿwḏ bn zdqm w md w ʿwḏlh bn s¹ʿdt w n{ʿ}ml bn h{n} [w] ʾmr bn zd w ʿbdlh w ʿbdt w ʾnʿm w ʿṣt w ʿbd {w} wny w ndm w ʿbdl{h} w wtr w grh [.] w bry w s¹ʿdlh bn bdr w zbd w ns²l bn ḍnlt w ʾs¹lh bn s¹ly w ʿbd w s¹ʿd w ʿwḏlh bn ʾl{w}[h]b w lws¹ w ʿqrb w ns²l ---- [w] tmds²r w ḍ{ḥ}y w ʾs¹ bn wd w mʿn w ḫll bn bdr w {ḥ}bs¹ w ḫ{l}l w ḥwr w mġyr w s²km ---- w wʿl bn ʾnft w ḫlṣt w glḥn w ʿqrb w ms¹dt w ---- ʿbd w wgl w ḫlṣt ---- w mqm b[n] wʿl ---- wm ---- w khln ---- w ---- {ḥ} s²mt [.] w ḫw
Al-Jallad 2025c
- Translation
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By Brd son of Ddʾl and he sinned (transgressed) and felt longing (for the god) so show compassion to the one who has disobeyed Lh and may Lt be mindful of ʿqrb and bʿqt and ʾls¹lm w Ddʾl son of Bʿqt and ʾnʿm son of Qṭb and ʾs¹lh son of Ġṯ and ʾrs² son of ʾs¹lh and Tm son of Ḥnn and ʿqrb son of Mʿṯ and Gʿd and Whbl son of Znyt and Ḍḥy and Gls¹ and ʾbn ---- and {B}dr [.] and Whb son of ʾmr and Ġyr and Ṣḫb [and ] Whbn {and } {ʾ}b and {Ġ}ṯ [.] son of Ns²l {and } ʾmr and {Ṣ}ʿb and ʿwḏlh son of ʾs¹lh and Ns²l son of Yġṯ and Ḥd son of ʾws¹ and ʾs¹lh son of Hnyt and ʾbgr son of Whb [and ] Whb ----m and {Ḥ}ddn and ʿwḏ son of Zdqm and Md and ʿwḏlh son of S¹ʿdt and N{ʿ}ml son of H{n} [and ] ʾmr son of Zd and ʿbdlh and ʿbdt and ʾnʿm and ʿṣt and ʿbd {and} Wny and Ndm and ʿbdl{h} and Wtr and Grh [.] and Bry and S¹ʿdlh son of Bdr and Zbd and Ns²l son of Ḍnlt and ʾs¹lh son of S¹ly and ʿbd and S¹ʿd and ʿwḏlh son of ʾl{w}[h]b and lws¹ and ʿqrb and Ns²l ---- [and] Tmds²r and {Ḍḥy} and ʾs¹ son of Wd and Mʿn and Ḥll son of Bdr and {Ḥ}bs¹ and {Ḫll} and Ḥwr and Mġyr and S²km ---- and Wʿl son of ʾnft and Ḫlṣt and Glḥn and ʿqrb and Ms¹dt and ---- ʿbd and Wgl and Ḫlṣt ---- and Mqm [son of] Wʿl ---- wm ---- and Khln ---- and ---- {Ḥ}s²mt [.] and Ḫw
Al-Jallad 2025c
- Language and Script
- Hismaic 2
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
Hayajneh 2018: mʿṣ l-h ḥnn-h for m ʿṣ lh ḥnn-h, translation of narrative: 'By Brd son of Ddʾl and he was ill and he was full of longing, {and so} became angry {because of} his yearning.'
- Commentary
This is the longest ANA inscription by letter count. For a commentary on its religious significance, see Al-Jallad 2025c.
- Editio Princeps
- Hayajneh 2018
- Field Collector
- M. Daviau
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- Al-Jallad, A. Ancient Allah: An Epigraphic Reconstruction. Journal of Semitic Studies, 2025c: 1-56.
- Hayajneh, H. Safaitic prayers, curses, grief and more from Wadi Salhub — north-eastern Jordan. Pages 41–68 in L. Nehmé & A.Al-Jallad (eds), To the Madbar and back again. Studies in the languages, archaeology, and cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C. A. Macdonald. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 92). Leiden: Brill, 2018.
- Site
- Wādī Ṯamad, Mādabā Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Prayer, Religion
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Updated
20 May, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'HHM 2.' OCIANA. 20 May, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44187. Accessed: 19 Jun, 2025.