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WTI 82

Text Information

Siglum
WTI 82
Alternative Sigla
Winnett 1985: 31, no. 90; King 1990: 681
Transliteration
1 ----f h ds²{r}---- 2 ---- wgm ʿl ḫ---- 3 ----m ḏ- ʾl fḍn w s¹by
Translation
1 ----f and O {Ḏs²r}---- 2 ---- and he grieved for ḫ---- 3 ----m of the lineage of Fḍn; and he was taken prisioner

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Winnett & Reed: [l..] s² hdf(y) [w]wgm ʿl ʾḫ[h] ..m ḏʾl fgn ws¹by rather than 1 ----f h ds²{r}---- 2 ---- wgm ʿl ḫ---- 3 ----m ḏ ʾl fḍn w s¹by; Winnett: ---- fhd f---- [w] wgm ʿl —ḫ[h] rather than 1 ----f h ds²{r}---- 2 ---- wgm ʿl ḫ----. DISCUSSION King (1990: 681) commented: "cf. Winnett (unpublished: 44). Mixed/Saf. with Tham.E ḍ".

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

  • Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. pp 134 Plate 7
  • Winnett, F.V. Studies in Thamudic. Maǧallat kulliyat al-ādāb, ǧāmiʿat al-malik saʿūd 12:1, 1985: 1-58 [English section].
  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
  • Winnett, F.V. Studies in Thamudic. [Unpublished typescript]
Site
Iṯrah, upper Wādī al-Sirḥān, Al-Ǧawf (Al-Jawf) Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Grieving, Lineage
Script
Mixed Safaitic/Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0052060
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