HCH 102

Siglum: HCH 102
Transliteration: l mʿn bn zbd bn ʿtk bn zbd w ḫrṣ ʿl- ʾḫ -h rdf ʾbl (-h) f h lt w---- s²ʿh ----
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Translation: By Mʿn son of Zbd son of ʿtk son of Zbd and he kept watch for his brother [who was] following {his} camels. So O Lt and ---- S²ʿh ----
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: SIAM II p. 192: the stone has been broken since the publication of HCH and what is left begins bn ʿtk; k has a backward kick see ks¹ in MSTJ 23; the expression w ḫrṣ ʿl- ʾḫ -h should be added to to the list in the commentary to SIAM 35 in SIAM ! p. 115-116. MCAM: HCH reads the letters in the centre of the stone as the end of the inscription whereas it is clear that they belong to another text (see HCH 102.1). Indeed HCH 102 continues in a straight line on to the broken piece of the stone and there is obviously no connection between 102 and 102.1.
Commentary: The stone was broken when found though both pieces were present. The smaller piece bearing the first two names and possibly two or three letters (unpublished) beneath them has since disappeared. There is an apotropaic sign of seven lines on the same stone.

Associated Signs

7 lines

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.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA