HCH 76

Siglum: HCH 76
Transliteration: l ʿmr bn hnʾmnt bn ymlk ḏ- ʾl mʿṣ w wgd wqʿ ʾḫ -h ʿdy mqtl f wgʿ w rʿy w qy{ẓ} <<>> {ʿ}l h- ḫr{s¹} w ʿl- mlḥ f lt s¹lm
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Translation: By ʿmr son of Hnʾmnt son of Ymlk of the lineage of Mʿṣ and he found the inscription of his brother ʿdy who had been killed and he grieved and he pastured and spent the dry season {ʿ}l- h- ḫr{s¹} w ʿl- mlḥ so O Lt [grant] security
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: HCH: w wgʿ for f wgʿ (but the copy is correct); w qyẓ f gl h ḫrs¹ w gl mlḥ for w qy{ẓ} <<>> {ʿ}l h- ḫr{s¹} w ʿl mlḥ; HCH's translation from w wgd to mlḥ "and he found the sign (signature?) of his brother ʿdy who was killed and he was pained. And he pastured and spent the summer. And he gathered food for the feast of the birth of a child and he gathered salt". Macdonald 1992: 6 n. 26: on wqʿ. Sadaqah 2005:41-42 n. 12: on ḫrs¹
Commentary: The end of the inscription on the edge of the stone is not clear in the photograph. The ẓ after the y is covered by an abrasion which was possibly made by the author if he realised that he had written the letter twice. The ʿ after the second ẓ is doubtful as the letter is rather angular and the line that closes it leaves part of one of the other lines protruding. The bottom of the following h and ḫ are broken.

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.
[MST] Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
Sadaqah, I. A New Rendering of the Verb ḫrṣ in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Pages 35-49 [Arabic section] 103 [English Summary] in O. Ghul & A. Zeyadeh (eds), Proceedings of Yarmouk Second Annual Colloquium on Epigraphy and Ancient Writings 7th — 9th October, 2003. Irbid: Department of Epigraphy, Faculty of Archaeology & Anthropology, Yarmouk University, 2005.

Current Location: Amman Museum J (1831)
Subjects: Deity, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Pasturing, Relatives, Season
Old OCIANA ID: #0002929
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA