HDNS 3

Image © R. Harahsheh
Siglum
HDNS 3
Transliteration
l mrʾ bn s²ḥtr bn ʾs¹ḫr w wgd s¹fr dd -h f bʾs¹ m ẓll
Harahsheh (2022)
Translation
By mrʾ son of S²ḥtr son of ʾs¹ḫr and he found the writing of his paternal uncle, for evil is that which casts darkness
Fahad Alsharif
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Harahsheh 2022: bʾs¹ m ẓll as 'he grieved for his death'

Commentary

The author of this inscreption may be the same person as the author of ASWS 3, who has an identical genealogy. The author of ASWS 62, s²ḥtr son of ʾs¹ḫr son of s²ḥtr son of mrʾ son of ʿḏ, could be the father this inscreption' author, and the author of C 3379, ʾs¹ḫr son of s²ḥtr son of ʾs¹ḫr, could be the brother. Meanwhile, the authors of BES20 116, KRS 937, AbNAQ 1, Al-Namārah.H 78, ASWS 296, and Is.K 286 include genealogies that repeat the same cluster of names (mrʾ, s²ḥtr, ʾs¹ḫr), thus they might be relatives.

On the translation of  bʾs¹ m ẓll, see Al-Jallad 2025c.

Fahad Alsharif

Editio Princeps
Harahsheh 2022
Field Collector
R. Harahsheh

Technique
incised
Direction of Script
Coiling inwards

  • Al-Jallad, A. Ancient Allah: An Epigraphic Reconstruction. Journal of Semitic Studies, 2025c: 1-56.
  • [HDNS] Harahsheh, R. Dirāsat nuqūš Ṣafāʾiyyah jadīdah min al-bādiyah al-ʾurdunniyyah al-šimāliyyah al-šarqiyyah (al-ḥarrah). Amman: Wizārat al-Ṯaqāfah, 2022.
Site
Wādī ʾumm ḫunayṣir, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving
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Updated 07 Oct, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

(2022), Harahsheh and Fahad Alsharif. 'HDNS 3.' OCIANA. 07 Oct, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45841. Accessed: 18 Jan, 2026.