KMJ 41-43
Text Information
- Siglum
- KMJ 41-43
- Transliteration
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ʾn fz
br ḥd
{b}r ṣnAhmad Al-Jallad - Translation
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I am Fz son of Ḥd {son of} Ṣn
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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This text is carved on what appears to have been the capstone of a trilith. The first line is open to interpretation. I have taken it as the first person pronoun ʾanā 'I', but it is possible that it forms a single name, ʾnfz, perhaps related to the root nfḏ. ʾafʿal names, however, are not yet attested in the corpus. So, for now, I prefer the former interpretation.
ʾn: The first person independent pronoun.
fz: A one-word name perhaps derived from the root f-w-z 'to win', cognate with the common Arabic name fawzī. Names from this root are not attested in ANA.
ḥd: A common name in ANA, attested more than 140 times in the corpus. It likely derives from the root ḥdd 'limit'.
ṣn: While the name ṣn is marginally attested in Safaitic, it is more likely related to the extremely common Arabian name, ẓn (attested 78 times while the variant ẓnn is attested some 380 times!), exhibiting the *ẓ > ṣ shift.
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
- Vertical columns
- Associated Remains
- Trilith
- 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 [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.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
- Subject
- Genealogy
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