HCH 81

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 81
Transliteration
[----]m bn ʾs¹d bn h{k}dd w wgm ʿl- hnʾ
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Translation
[----]m son of ʾs¹d son of {Hkdd} and he grieved for Hnʾ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: the second letter of the third name "must surely be a mistake as it resembles no known Safaitic character".
Commentary
It is possible that the second letter of the third name should be read as {k} the line half way up the horizontal line might be extraneous.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
7 lines
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 (1883)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002934
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OCIANA,. 'HCH 81.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8472. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.