KMJ 62-64
Text Information
- Siglum
- KMJ 62-64
- Transliteration
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frʾt
br nffh
w s³{ʿ}lAhmad Al-Jallad - Translation
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Frʾt son of Nffh and he s³ʿl
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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frʾt: This name in this exact form is not attested in ANA, but a variant lacking the feminine termination -t is common in Safaitic, frʾ. It is derived from the Proto-Semitic word for an 'onager,' 'wild ass': par(a)ʾum, Arabic faraʾun, Hebrew pére(ʾ).
nffh: This name is also unattested in ANA; the closest are the names nft and nf in Safaitic. The final h might be construed as a 3rd person suffix pronouns, which sometimes form anthroponyms in the ANA onomasticon. On the other hand, if the s > h sound change occurred in this writer's dialect, as in Mehri, then the name could be derived from the root nfs 'self', 'breath', 'soul'.
s³ʿl: The meaning of this verb is unclear. It is possible that the word is related to the Arabic 'cough' saʿala and here signifies illness, perhaps even death from an illness if the inscription was meant as an epitaph.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Shaḥrī and King 1993
- Field Collector
- G.M.H. King and A.A.M. Al-Shaḥrī
- Technique
- Hammered
- Direction of Script
- Parallel lines left to right
- Al-Jallad, A. The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script: Three halḥam abecedaries and the first glimpses into the corpus. Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux (JEOL) 49, 2025d: 119-147
- Al-Shaḥrī, A.A.M. & King, G.M.H. The Dhofar Epigraphic Project. A Description of the Inscriptions recorded in 1991 and 1992. [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.
- Site
- Area J - The Negd in the eastern region to the east of the Thamrayt road, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
- Date Found
- 1991-1992
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Query (subject uncertain)
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