HCH 78
Text Information
- Siglum
- HCH 78
- Transliteration
-
l ʿqrbn bn ks¹ṭ w bny ʿl- hnʾ h lh h- frs¹
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- Translation
-
By ʿqrbn son of Ks¹ṭ and he built for Hnʾ O Lh what a horseman!
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- For lack of a better interpretation of the end of the text we have followed HCH 78's translation. A few letters which seem to read (from right to left) s¹ ʾ h/ʾ n can be seen below the lion and the horse's front legs.
- Editio Princeps
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- Chiselled & 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
- Amman Museum J. (1824)
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0002931
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA,. 'HCH 78.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8471. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.