HCH 34.1

Siglum
HCH 34.1
Transliteration
l ʿt{b}h bn
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Translation
By {ʿtbh} son of
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: l ----ḥ bn for l ʿt{b}h bn and takes this inscription as the beginning of HCH 34. JMAA XIII p. 193: ʿtrh for ʿt{b}h; translation of bn "He stopped [here]".
Commentary
The text has been scored over and is unfinished. [The mark which makes the r appear as a ḥ on the photograph is purely superficial and is part of the over-scoring as is that which makes the l look like a h or even a ḫ.] The middle stroke of the fourth letter is not as deep as the rest and is probably part of the subsequent scratching. The letter is most likely a b and not r as suggested by JMAA XIII as the letter does not have distinct arms which is quite a feature of r's in these texts. The letter before b is probably h as the stroke forming the prong seems to be as deep as the vertical line of the letter. There is a further shallower stroke which is extraneous to the reading of the letter.

Editio Princeps
SIAM II

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
L-R/R-L

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.
  • [JMAA XIII] Jamme, A. Tham Texts Examined during the Preceding Research. Pages 237-243 in A. Jamme, Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1983.
Site
Cairn of Haniʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (1905)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0003060
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA