HCH 34

Siglum
HCH 34
Transliteration
l ymlk bn ʾtm w wgm ʿl- gls¹ ʾḫ -h w bny ʿl- hnʾ w rġm mny ʿl- -hm
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Translation
By Ymlk son of ʾtm and he grieved for Gls¹ his brother and he built for Hnʾ and he hated Fate on their account
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: l ----h [h in copy but ḥ in transliteration] bn ymlk bn ʾtm SIAM II p. 192: l ymlk bn ʾtm at the beginning.
Commentary
Harding took HCH 34.1 as the beginning of this text and missed the lam auctoris of HCH 34 see SIAM II p. 192. The m of rġm is written above the line of the rest of the text.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon/curving

Associated Signs
7 lines
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.
Site
Cairn of Haniʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (1905)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002887
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