HCH 42

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 42
Transliteration
l ʾs¹d bn ẓn bn ṯlm w ts²wq ʾl- ʾḫt -h w ʾl- mty w ʾl- ʾḫ -h w ʾl- ʿqrb w ʾl- tm f h lt w ds²r s¹lm w qbll
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Translation
By ʾs¹d son of Ẓn son of Ṯlm and he longed for his sister and for Mty and for his brother and for ʿqrb and for Tm. So O Lt and Ds²r [grant] security and a reunion of loved ones
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIAM II p. 192: the copy in HCH fig. 5 has w h lt but the transliteration, which is correct, has f hlt. The f is clear on the stone.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Coil (edge)

  • [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 about 20 m north of the north-eastern group of texts (HCH p. 17)., Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (1889)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002895
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA