HDNS 8
Text Information
- Siglum
- HDNS 8
- Transliteration
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l ms¹k bn s¹lm w ḫrṣ ʾḫw -h ʾs¹rn f h lt rwḥ
Harahsheh (2022)
- Translation
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By ms¹k son of s¹lm and he was on the look out for his brothers, who were taken captive, so O Lt [grant] relief
Fahad Alsharif
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
Harahsheh 2022: ʾḫw -h as 'his two brothers' and rwḥ as 'return [them]'.
- Commentary
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While ʾḫw could be taken as a plural or construct dual, its frequent occurence makes it more likely that it refers to brothers in a collective sense, i.e. 'brethern.'
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Harahsheh 2022
- Field Collector
- R. Harahsheh
- Technique
- Rocking blade
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- [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
- Deity, Genealogy, Relatives, Watch (keeping)
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Updated
07 Oct, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
(2022), Harahsheh, Ahmad Al-Jallad, and Fahad Alsharif. 'HDNS 8.' OCIANA. 07 Oct, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45846. Accessed: 18 Jan, 2026.