HaNSC 4

Siglum
HaNSC 4
Transliteration
l ys²kr bn ʾmr w tẓr mny
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Translation
By Ys²kr son of ʾmr and he awaited fate
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HaNSC: Translation of tẓr mny "and he awaited death" (wa-ntaẓara mawtan)
Commentary
Safaitic mny is cognate with Arabic manan "fate, death". The translation "death" may be too precise, and we have no evidence that the author was mortally injured or ill. GMHK has suggested that authors who used this formula were simply affirming their calm acceptance of whatever fate may bring them.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Direct hammered & chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
six dots and a "U" shaped line

  • [HaNSC] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾiyyah muḫtārah min al-bādiyah al-urdunniyah. Journal of Epigraphy and Rock Drawings 1, 2007: 29-52.
Site
Tall al-Zahrī, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0030329
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'HaNSC 4.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/20569. Accessed: 22 Jun, 2025.