HCH 15
Text Information
- Siglum
- HCH 15
- Transliteration
-
l hnʾ bn ʾs¹d bn hnʾ bn ḥyr w bny ʿl- hnʾ trḥ
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- Translation
-
By Hnʾ son of ʾs¹d son of Hnʾ son of Ḥyr and he built for Hnʾ who had perished
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- After the first three names which are larger than the rest of the text the inscription turns at right angles and then continues boustrophedon.
- Editio Princeps
- Ed. pr.
- Name Distinguished
- Larger-normal/normal
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Curving/boustrophedon
- 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, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0002868
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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Cite this Site
OCIANA. 'HCH 15.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8422. Accessed: 14 Jun, 2025.