HCH 125

Siglum: HCH 125
Transliteration: l ʾs²ym bn drʾl bn ʾs²ym bn drʾl bn ks¹ṭ bn ʿbd bn ʾs²ym bn ʾs¹ bn ʾʾs¹d bn s²rk w ḥ{ḍ}r ḫrs¹ f ḫrṣ ʿ----ḫl----rʿwr----ṭ
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Translation: By ʾs²ym son of Drʾl son of ʾs²ym son of Drʾl son of Ks¹t son of ʿbd son of ʾs²ym son of ʾs¹ son of ʾʾs¹d son of S²rk w ḥḍr ḫrs¹ ḫrṣʿ----ḫl----rʿwr----ṭ
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: HCH: second half of the inscription bn ʾs¹ bn ---- s¹d bn s²rk w ḥll ---- ḫrs¹ ---- f ḫrṣ w ---- t ---- w ʿwr ḏ [ʿw]r h- ḫṭṭ; translated from w ḥll as "And he encamped ---- ḫrs¹ ---- And he kept watch w----t----and blind he who [bli]nds the writing". JSafN p. 75 N.106: ʾs¹ bn ʾʾs¹d bn s²rk w ḥḏr ḫrs¹ f ḫrṣ ʿl- yzlḫ zwl w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr s¹fr ʾb -h lḍm w hdd; translated from w ḥḏr as "and Ḫrs¹ was in fear. And he was on the look-out for Yzlḫ [who] had gone away. And blindness to him who would erase the writing of his father lḍm and ruin." correct reading of the second half of the inscription.

[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 about 20 m north of the north-eastern group of texts (HCH p. 17)., Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA