HCH 184

Siglum
HCH 184
Transliteration
l ʿbs¹ bn s²ẓr w q----ys¹r f ṣyr ḥg w----lḥmrn
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Translation
By ʿbs¹ son of S²ẓr and q----ys¹r f ṣyr ḥg w----lḥmrn
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: w q ---- ys¹r f ṣyr ḥg w----ḥ mrn after the name "and he [summered in?] ys¹r; and he travelled away (or on a pilgrimage?) and ----". JSafN p. 118 n. 58: l ʿbs¹ bn s²ẓ rwq (b)ys¹r f ṣyr ḥgw l ḥmrn. Translation from rwq "he was convalescent (in) Ys¹r and has journeyed halting [here] to Ḥmrn". JTA p. 294 comm. no 23 (wrongly citing HCH 56): ys¹r very hypothetical. MTB p. 53 n. 10: f ṣyr ḥg "and he travelled as a pilgrim". HIn p. 937: s²ẓr or s²fr. H unpub.: w l- ḥmrn "and to Ḥmrn ?".
Commentary
The photograph is illegible.

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Technique
Unidentifiable
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [HCH] Harding, G.L. The Cairn of Haniʾ. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 2, 1953: 8-56, pls 1-7.
  • [HIn] Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
  • [JTA] Jamme, A. The Thamudic Verb ʾtm. Journal of the American Oriental Society 88, 1968: 290-294.
  • [JSaf.N] Jamme, A. Safaitic Notes (Commentary on JaS 44-176). [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1970.
  • [MTB] Milik, J.T. La tribu des Bani ʿAmrat en Jordanie de l'époque grecque et romaine. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 24, 1980: 41-54.
Site
Cairn c. 1 5 km S.W. of Cairn of Haniʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0003037
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