HHWS 17

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Siglum
HHWS 17
Alternative Sigla
Salhub 17
Transliteration
l rwl bn {h}qn bn ʿm bn krfs¹ bn ʿhm bn ʾs¹ bn yṣḥḥ h- ḫṭṭ w ʾw lt s¹lm
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Translation
By Rwl son of Hqn son of ʿm son of Krfs¹ son of ʿhm son of ʾs¹ son of Yṣḥḥ are these carvings so, O Lt, may he be secure
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025: The authors consider the name ʿhm to be read equally as ghm.

Commentary

ʿhm: The reading ʿhm is assured based on the same genealogical sequence occuring in HNSD 45, where the ʿ is distinguished from g clearly.

ʾw: The ed. pr. considers a number of interpretations to explain this sequence, from a metathesis of ʾlt with an extra w to an incorrectly written h y. It is equally possible that we are dealing with a new vocative particle, ʾawā. 

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Field Collector
H. Hayajneh and R. Harahsheh

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

  • [HHWS] Hayajneh, H. & Harahsheh R. More Safaitic prayers, curses, and grief from Wādī Salḥūb (northeastern Jordan). Semitica et Classica 18, 2025: 273-290.
Site
Wādī Salḥūb, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2013, 2015
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing, Genealogy, Prayer
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2025, Hayajneh and Harahsheh and Ahmad Al-Jallad. 'HHWS 17.' OCIANA. 21 Dec, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45919. Accessed: 12 Jan, 2026.