HCH 107

Siglum
HCH 107
Transliteration
l ʾ{d}d bn ʾqdm w qyẓ ʿl- ṯbrn f tḫwf f h lt s¹lm ḏ- ʾl ḥrm
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Translation
By {ʾdd} son of ʾqdm and he spent the dry season at Ṯbrn and so was gradually impoverished. So O Lt [grant] security of the lineage of Ḥrm
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: the first name was not read by HCH; w qyẓ ʿl- ṯbrn f tḫwf "And he summered upon destruction (?) and he drove the flocks away one by one". JSafN 6 p. 30: w qyẓ ʿl- ṯbrn f tḫwf f h lt s¹lm ḏ- ʾl ḥrm "and he spent the summer at Ṯbrn and Fhlt has feared s¹lm him of the tribe of Ḥrm. MST p. 9 n. 48: w qyẓ ʿl ṯbrn f tḫwf " and he spent the dry season* at Ṯbrn and so was gradually impoverished. " H unp. p. 71: w (sic) tḫwf "and he was frightened". MCAM: l ʾ{d}d bn ʾqdm w qyẓ ʿl {ṣ}br{n} and then as HCH.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

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.
  • [JSaf.N] Jamme, A. Safaitic Notes (Commentary on JaS 44-176). [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1970.
  • [MST] Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
Site
Cairn of Haniʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (1902)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002960
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA