TaNS 1

Siglum
TaNS 1
Transliteration
l gfft bn mlkt bn bḫlh bn ys¹lm bn ḍr bn mʾqn w rʿy h- rmḫ nwy f nf{r} m- nbṭ s¹nt qtl ḥmt
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Translation
By Gfft son of Mlkt son of Bnḫlh son of Ys¹lm son of Ḍr son of Mʾqn and he pastured the herd of camels whilst migrating with the tribe and so he fled from Nabataeans the year of the killing of Ḥmt
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TaNS 1: w rʿy h- rmḫn w yẓlẓl m- nbṭ s¹nt qtl ḥmt. Trans: wa raʿā al-ʿušb wa tawārā (wa tasattara) min al-ʾanbāṭ sanah qatl Ḥmt
Commentary
The letters read as the n of nf{r} and nwy are much shorter on the rock than in the copy. The arms of the r in the word nf{r} are not altogether certain in the photograph. There is part of a cartouche visible in the photograph.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Coil

Associated Inscriptions

  • [TaNS] Ṭalāfḥah [Talafha], Z.A. Nuqūš ṣafawiyyah min qāʿ al-fahdah bi-ʾl-bādiyah al-urdunniyyah. Adumatu 13, 2006: 55-68 [Arabic section].
Site
Qāʿ al-Fahdah, Jordan
Date Found
2010
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0025969
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