HCH 137

Siglum
HCH 137
Transliteration
l mty bn tm bn tm bn ʾktb ḏ- ʾl frṯ w bʿd f h lt s¹lm w qbll
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Translation
By Mty son of Tm son of Tm son of ʾktb of the lineage of Frṯ and he was far away. So O Lt [grant] security and [show] benevolence
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: ṣ----r for ʾktb. Littmann quoted in commentary: ʾbtr for ʾktb. JSafN 27 p. 41-42: correct reading of ʾktb; HCH does not mention in the commentary the photograph published in pl. 5. SIAM II p. 193: as JSafN.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

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.
  • [JSaf.N] Jamme, A. Safaitic Notes (Commentary on JaS 44-176). [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1970.
  • [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 (1826)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002990
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OCIANA. 'HCH 137.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8519. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.