HCH 54

Text Information

Siglum
HCH 54
Transliteration
l ḫlṣ bn ẓnn w wgm ʿl- hnʾ w bny ʿl- hnʾ trḥ w rġm mny
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Translation
By Ḫlṣ son of Ẓnn and he grieved for Hnʾ and he built for Hnʾ who had perished and was struck down by Fate
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
RVP p. 258: rzm mny for rġm mny. HCH: ẓn for ẓnn. RyNPT p. 581: on trḥ as a proper name (Trḥ built for Hnʾ).
Commentary
An apotropaic sign of seven lines is drawn in the middle of the stone. HCH 54 = Stein 9 and is called C. 5429 in RyNPT p. 581. Stein: the inscription is "1/4 mile north of telegraph post 448-7 between H4 and H5" (see RVP p. 255).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
7 lines

  • [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 near or on it, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (9)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0002907
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OCIANA. 'HCH 54.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8595. Accessed: 15 Jun, 2025.