HCH 72

Siglum: HCH 72
Transliteration: l zbdy bn s²ms¹y w wgm ʿl- hnʾ trḥ w ʿl- ʿbdy mqtl f h lt w h ds²r ṯʾr {l} mn ḥwlt
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Translation: By Zbdy son of S²msy and he grieved for Hnʾ who had perished and for ʿbdy who was killed. So O Lt and Ds²r [grant] vengeance from Ḥwlt
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: JSafN 36 p. 46: hmsk for s²ms¹y ʾlt for h lt ṯʾr mḥwlt for ṯʾr lmn ḥwlt. JMAA XIII p. 41: f ʾlt for f h lt.
Commentary: For trḥ see Macdonald North Arabian Epigraphic Notes II. [GK] There might be some justification for taking the l read after ṯʾr as extraneous to the text because its axis is different from that of the letters that follow. There seems to be no reason why if the l belonged the author did not continue by inscribing mn ḥwlt so that the letters had a vertical rather than a horizontal stance in relation to it. It is possible that the line was inscribed either prior or subsequent to the writing of the text or that the author of HCH 72 inscribed it as the back of the m felt it was too close to the letter ṯ and so abandoned it.

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.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

OCIANA. 'HCH 72.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8465. Accessed: 19 Jun, 2025.