Abstract We present JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy of MACS0647âJD, a triply lensed z ⌠11 candidate discovered in Hubble Space Telescope imaging and spatially resolved by JWST imaging into two components, A and B. Spectroscopy of component A yields a spectroscopic redshift z = 10.17 based on seven detected emission lines: C iii ] λ λ 1907, 1909, [O ii ] λ 3727, [Ne iii ] λ 3869, [Ne iii ] λ 3968, H ÎŽ λ 4101, H Îł λ 4340, and [O iii ] λ 4363. These are the second-most distant detections of these emission lines to date, in a galaxy observed just 460 million years after the Big Bang. Based on observed and extrapolated line flux ratios we derive a gas-phase metallicity 12 + log(O/H) ⌠7.5â8.0, or Z ⌠(0.06â0.2) Z â , ionization parameter log ( U ) = â1.9 ± 0.2, and an ionizing photon production efficiency log ( Ο ion ) = 25.2 ± 0.2 erg â1 Hz. The spectrum has a softened Ly α break, evidence for a strong Ly α damping wing. The Ly α damping wing also suppresses the F150W photometry, explaining the slightly overestimated photometric redshift z = 10.6 ± 0.3. MACS0647âJD has a stellar mass log( M / M â ) = 8.1 ± 0.3, including âŒ6 Ă 10 7 M â in component A, most of which formed recently (within âŒ20 Myr) with a star formation rate ⌠2 ± 1 M â yr â1 , all within an effective radius 70 ± 24 pc. Spectroscopy of a fainter companion galaxy C separated by a distance of ⌠3 kpc reveals a Lyman break consistent with z ⌠10.17. MACS0647âJD is likely the most distant galaxy merger known.