HCH 154

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 154
Transliteration
l ġnm ḏ- ʾl ʿw[ḏ] w wgm ʿl- gmm qtl w bny ----
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Translation
By Ġnm of the lineage of {ʿwḏ} and he grieved for Gmm who was killed and built ----
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
JSafN 60 p. 57: l ġnm ḏ ʾlw w wgm ʿl wgm qtl bn yḥṯr bn yʿl "By Ġnm him of ʾlw. And he has mourned over Wgm - he was killed - son of Yḥṯr son of yʿl.
Commentary
The copy in HCH has the letters bnyḥṯrryʿ{l} after bny but they cannot be read with certainty from the available photograph and it is difficult to know how to interpret them.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

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.
Site
Cairn of Haniʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0003007
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA