HaNS 685

Siglum: HaNS 685
Transliteration: l ʾs¹mnt bn ʾlbʾ bn ʾmt bn ʾlbʾ bn ʾs¹mnt bn nẓr w wgm ʿl- ʿzz w ʿl- {g}lḥn w ʿl- ʿqrb w ʿl- hnʾ w ʿl- ḥmgn w ʿl- kmn [w] ʿl- bnʿzz rġmn mny
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Translation: By ʾs¹mnt son of ʾlbʾ son of ʾmt son of ʾlbʾ son of ʾs¹mnt son of Nẓr and he grieved for ʿzz and for {Glḥn} and for ʿqrb and for Hnʾ and for Ḥmgn and for Kmn {and} for Bnʿzz [all] struck down by Fate
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: HaNS 685: w ʿl- ḍlwn for {g}lwn; w ʿl wʿl w ʿl- ʿqrb for w ʿl- {g}lḥn w ʿl- ʿqrb; rġm mny for rġmn mny.
Commentary: The first letter of the second name after wgm is a circle with a dot in the middle. It is possible that the dot is incidental as there are other similar dots on the rock surface. The reading of wʿl wʿl by the editor is dittography. The author of the inscription has left a w out after the name kmn. The reading rġmn is clear in the photograph and so must refer to more than the last person grieved for. The edition says that this inscription is on the same stone as HaNS 687 and 688 but the latter must be a mistake for 686.

Associated Remains

Cairn

Associated Inscriptions

[HaNS] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾīyah ǧadīdah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah muqāranah wa-taḥlīl. Unpublished doctoral thesis submitted at the University of Baghdad, August 2001. 2001.
[HaNSB] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾiyyah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah wa-taḥlīl. Amman: Ward, 2010.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

OCIANA. 'HaNS 685.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/7825. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.