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TM.T.011

Siglum
TM.T.011
Alternative Sigla
Taymāʾ Museum register 412
Transliteration
[wasm] l ʿlʾl ʾs¹ ʿs¹t
Translation
[wasm] By ʿlʾl, leader of ʿs¹t

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION Macdonald 1992: 30–31, for the interpretation of ʾs¹ as 'leader'. Macdonald & Al-Najem (2016) commented: "The stone was in the Department of Antiquities collection at Taymāʾ in 1985 when it was photographed by William Facey. A sandstone ashlar (81 x 33 x 23 cm) with the inscription carved along one of the narrow edges. Nor previously published".

Associated Signs
The sign at the beginning is like a Nabataean p. Part of the "tail" of the p has been sheared away in a broad vertical gash with a narrower superficial diagonal stroke to its right.

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. North Arabian Epigraphic Notes I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 3, 1992: 23-43.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. & Al-Naǧem [Al-Najem], M. Catalogue of the Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum and other collections, with contributions from F. Imbert, J. Norris & P. Stein. Oxford, 2023
Site
Taymāʾ (according to the Museum label), Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Taymāʾ Museum register 412
Subject
Name only
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040435
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