HCH 89

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 89
Transliteration
l gls¹ bn rḍwt bn ʾd w wgm ʿl- hnʾ
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Translation
By Gls¹ son of Rḍwt son of ʾd and he grieved 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. The m and the following letters are written slightly above the previous g probably in order not to run into the end of HCH 90.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Special Letter Forms
The ḍ in the copy has only one horizontal line although in the photograph there seems to be a very shallow second horizontal line. cf. HCH 88.
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

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
#0002942
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA