BES26_HRN4 15

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Siglum
BES26_HRN4 15
Transliteration
l ʾs¹d bn ʿbdt w tẓr ḏ ḥrn
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Translation
By ʾs¹d son of ʿbdt and he awaited those of Ḥrn
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Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary

tẓr ḏ ḥrn: This precise phrase has not been attested before. It is probably best to understand the relative pronoun as a plural here, even though it lacks inflection. Our author is probably awating the arrival of a caravan or group from the settled areas west of here. 

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
BES26 team

Technique
Incised
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, Waiting, Place-name
Updated 24 Oct, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'BES26_HRN4 15,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 24 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/47929. Accessed: 26 Oct, 2026.