Siglum: HCH 132 Script: Safaitic
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l ʿ----m bn whblh bn ḫl ḏ- ʾl ḥly w ndm ʿl- bn ʾḫ -h ms¹by ḥwlt f n<
Translation
By ʿ----m son of Whblh son of Ḫl of the lineage of Ḥly and he grieved for his nephew the prisoner of Ḥwlt and then he escaped and died {k}wy bls² ʾhl -h
Apparatus Criticus
HCH: f nwgd f- my ḫln wybl f- ʾhl -h for f n<<w>>gy f- myt {k}wy bls² ʾhl -h "and he stayed (was found) at the water of ḫln while being concealed among his people". JSafN 57 p. 56: f nwgy f- myt ġwy kf ʾhl -h "and he [the ex-prisoner] has been emasculated and has died erring at the border of his own people". MCAM: correct reading of the last part of the inscription (f n<<w>>gy f- myt {k}wy bls² ʾhl -h). CSA p. 16: w ndm ʿl bn ʾḫ -h ns¹by ḥwlt f nwgy f- myt zwy bnf ʾhl -h "he grieved for the son of his brother a prisoner of Ḥwlt; and the prisoner was castrated and he died being carried away into exile (from) his family".
Commentary
It is possible that bn ʾḫ -h should be interpreted as Bn his brother.
Subjects
Genealogy
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: Amman Museum J (1825)
Field collector: G.L. Harding
Notes: H5/Safawi
Associated Remains: Cairn
References:
[CSA ] Clark, V.A. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Sakaka and Azraq. Abr-Nahrain 23, 1984-1985: 14-21, pls 1-2.
[HCH] Harding, G.L. The Cairn of Haniʾ. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 2, 1953: 8-56, pls 1-7.
[JSafN] Jamme, A. Safaitic Notes (Commentary on JaS 44-176). [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1970.
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