The Legendary Tribe of Ṭs¹m: The First Evidence for Its Existence in a Safaitic Inscription from Jordan
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https://doi.org/10.35516/jjha.v17i2.1347Keywords:
Extinct Arab tribes, Ṭs¹m, Safaitic, Semitic Inscriptions, Bādiyah of JordanAbstract
This research studies a remarkable Safaitic inscription recently recovered in the al-Laẓāiym region in the north-eastern Bādiyah of Jordan. This inscription is important because it mentions the extinct Arab tribe of Ṭs¹m. This inscription represents the first recognizable reference of Ṭs¹m ever to appear in a Semitic inscription.
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