BES26_HRN4 5

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Siglum: BES26_HRN4 5
Transliteration: l ʾqdm bn ẓnn bn dḥ w ḥwb ʿl- -h ns¹ -h
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Translation: By ʾqdm son of Ẓnn son of Dḥ and his folk lamented for him
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Language and Script: Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary: This is a rare case where the funerary inscription is written for the deceased person without mentioning the burial. Presumably, ʾqdm was the man interred in the looted cairn at this site.
Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps: OCIANA
Field Collector: BES26 team

Technique: Scratched
Direction of Script: Curving

Associated Inscriptions

[BES26_HRN4] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 26 at site HRN 4 in the Hārūn region of the Jordanian Ḥarrah

Site: HRN 4 (Hārūn area), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan

Date Found: September 2026
Current Location: In situ
Subjects: Genealogy, Grieving

Updated 25 Oct, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'BES26_HRN4 5,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 25 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/47919. Accessed: 26 Oct, 2026.