HCH 91

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 91
Transliteration
l ḫlṣ bn tʾm bn ʿbd w wgm ʿl- hnʾ w bny
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Translation
By Ḫlṣ son of Tʾm son of ʿbd and he grieved for Hnʾ and he built
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
RVP 6: reading as HCH. w wgm ʿl hnʾ "and he put a sign for hnʾ" JMAA II p. 142: ḫlʾ for ḫlṣ lʾm for tʾm and hnṣ for hnʾ. SIAM II p. 207 n. 29a: confirms that the reading of the names are correct in HCH and not in JMAA II.
Commentary
HCH 91 = Stein 10 According to Stein the inscription was found "1/4 mile north of telegraph post 448-7 between H4 and H5" (see RVP p. 255).

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
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 (10)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002944
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OCIANA. 'HCH 91.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8478. Accessed: 02 Jun, 2025.