Siglum: HCH 4  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l hrs¹ bn ʿqrb bn hnʾ bn ḥyr w bny [[ʾ]] ʿl- ʾḫ -h tr[ḥ]

Translation
By Hrs¹ son of ʿqrb son of Hnʾ son of Ḥyr and he built for his brother {who had perished}

Apparatus Criticus
HCH: trḥ for tr[ḥ]; the word is omitted from the copy on fig.3.

Commentary
The author originally wrote an ʾ after bny presumably as the first letter of ʾḫ -h and then realizing that he had omitted ʿl- continued the text above the y. He then drew the line of the cartouche through the ʾ in an attempt to erase it. He also appears to have written the first two letters of tr[ḥ] at the end of the inscription but may have left the word incomplete. There is certainly no sign of the ḥ on the photograph and the r is at the very apex of the cartouche.

Subjects
Genealogy Relatives Finding inscription(s)

Country: Jordan
Region: Al-Mafraq Governorate
Site: Cairn of Haniʾ
Map reference: 360.185 (Palestine Belt Grid)
Latitude: 32.238590
Longitude: 37.249047
Present Location: In situ
Field collector: G.L. Harding
Notes: H5/Safawi
Associated Signs: 7 lines
Associated Inscriptions: HCH 128
Associated Remains: Cairn

References:
[HCH] Harding, G.L. The Cairn of Haniʾ. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 2, 1953: 8-56, pls 1-7.

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