AbaNS 86

Siglum
AbaNS 86
Transliteration
l bhs² bnt hnʾ w mtt w ʾfs¹
OCIANA
Translation
By Bhs² daughter of Hnʾ and she died and [these are her] funerary monuments
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

AbaNS 86: and she died and other persons (i.e. they died too)

Commentary

ʾfs¹ is the plural of nfs¹ in which the n has been assimilated [ ʾnfs¹ > ʾfs¹].

Michael C.A. Macdonald

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions

  • [AbaNS] ʿAbābnah [Ababneh], M.I. Neue safaitische Inschriften und deren bildliche Darstellung. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 6). Aachen: Shaker, 2005.
Site
Cairn 36, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1991
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0024846
Updated 10 Oct, 2026 by Michael Macdonald

Cite this Site

Michael C.A. Macdonald and OCIANA, 'AbaNS 86,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 10 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/8042. Accessed: 28 Oct, 2026.