HaNSB 157

Siglum: HaNSB 157
Alternative Sigla: HaNS 157
Transliteration: l tm bn ṣʿd bn tm bn s²ḥl bn tm bn mfny w qṣṣ
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Translation: By Tm son of Ṣʿd son of Tm son of S²ḥl son of Tm son of Mfny and he tracked
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary: The word qṣṣ can be interpreted in two ways. The first is as a verb in the suffix conjugation, producing the preterite "and he tracked", and the second is as an active participial *qāṣiṣ or qiṣṣāṣ (D-stem), "and he is tracking." We favor the latter reading, as it is unlikely that the author paused to write this inscription in the process of tracking an animal. One is tempted to read the suffix conjugation as a past imperfect "and he was tracking", but the continuous aspect is not attested for the suffix conjugation in any Semitic language. More evidence is therefore required to posit such a development in Safaitic.

Associated Remains

Cairn

Associated Inscriptions

[HaNS] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾīyah ǧadīdah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah muqāranah wa-taḥlīl. Unpublished doctoral thesis submitted at the University of Baghdad, August 2001. 2001.
[HaNSB] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾiyyah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah wa-taḥlīl. Amman: Ward, 2010.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA