HCH 85

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 85
Transliteration
l ʾs¹lh bn s²rd bn grm w wgm ʿl- hnʾ w ʿl- gls¹ w h lt w ds²r ʿwr l- ḏ ʿwr s¹fr
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Translation
By ʾs¹lh son of S²rd son of Grm and he grieved for Hnʾ and for Gls¹ and O Lt and Ds²r [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out [the] writing
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is enclosed in a finely scratched cartouche. There are two drawings on the same stone which are not mentioned in HCH (see SIAM II p. 192).

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Rocking-blade & chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Remains
Unidentified structure

  • [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 about 20 m north of the north-eastern group of texts (HCH p. 17)., Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (1890)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002938
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA