HCH 120

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 120
Transliteration
l dtm bn gbny w bny ʿl- ḫl -h
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Translation
By Dtm son of Gbny and he built for his maternal uncle
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
ʿbny for gbny
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. There is an apotropaic sign of seven lines on the same stone.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
7 lines
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
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002973
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OCIANA,. 'HCH 120.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8505. Accessed: 15 Aug, 2025.