HCH 88

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 88
Transliteration
l rḍwt bn ʾd bn s¹ʿd w bny ʿl- hnʾ
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Translation
By Rḍwt son of ʾd son of S¹ʿd and he built for Hnʾ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The stone partly covered a grave cut in the soil on the southern face of the cairn in which the body of a woman was found. See HCH p. 11.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Special Letter Forms
The ḍ is two vertical lines with a single horizontal line across the middle. cf. the letter in HCH 89 although in the photograph it looks as though there is possibly a very shallow second horizontal line.
Technique
Chiselled & incised
Direction of Script
Curving edge

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 (1909)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002941
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA