HCH 6

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 6
Transliteration
l s²ʿṯm bn ʿqrb bn hnʾ w bny ʿl- ʾḫ -h trḥ
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Translation
By S²ʿṯm son of ʿqrb son of Hnʾ and he built for his brother who had perished
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The stone partly covered a grave cut in the soil on the southern face of the cairn in which the body of a woman was found. See HCH p. 11. The stone is shown in situ in HCH pl. III.5.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [HCH] Harding, G.L. The Cairn of Haniʾ. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 2, 1953: 8-56, pls 1-7.
Site
Cairn of Haniʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Genealogy, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0002859
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA