HCH 114

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 114
Transliteration
l mġṯ bn gnʾl w ts²wq {ʾ}l- {r}fʾt
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Translation
By Mġṯ son of Gnʾl and he longed {for} {Rfʾt}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: l mġṯ bn ẓnʾl w ts¹wq ʾl- ḏ---- SIAM II p. 193: gnʾl for ẓnʾl and {g}fʾt which is not shown in HCH's copy after {ʾ}l. The g is not entirely certain and it is possible that the name should be read as rfʾt. The ḏ which is read by HCH at the end belongs to HCH 23. The ʾ of {ʾ}l is obscured by an abrasion but the restoration is certain in this context.
Commentary
There is a rayed circle in the middle of the stone. 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
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Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
L-R/R-L

Associated Signs
Sun sign
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.
  • [SIAM II] Macdonald, M.C.A. Safaitic Inscriptions in the Amman Museum and Other Collections II. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 24, 1980: 185-208, pls 111-133.
Site
Cairn of Haniʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (14238)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002967
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OCIANA. 'HCH 114.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8499. Accessed: 03 Jul, 2025.