HE 34

Siglum
HE 34
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 114
Transliteration
----y b bhs²rkt / nṣr l- ṣlm
OCIANA
Translation
By ----y son of Bhs²rkt ----y son of Bhs²rkt / kept watch on behalf of Ṣlm
OCIANA
Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

TEXT Harding does not consider the two first legible letters on the stone. DISCUSSION Winnett 1980: 133–134, on nṣr l- ṣlm.

Commentary

On one stone. The beginning of the text is broken.

  • Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140
  • [HE] Parr, P.J., Harding, G.L. & Dayton, J.E. Preliminary Survey in N.W. Arabia, 1968 [Part I: Archaeology (continued), and Part II: Epigraphy, by G.L. Harding, A.F.L Beeston and J.T. Milik]. Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London 10, 1971 [1972]: 23-61, pls 1-31. pp 45, fig. 9 Plate 21
  • Winnett, F.V. A Reconsideration of Some Inscriptions from the Tayma Area. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 10, 1980: 133-140.
Site
Minṭār Banī ʿAtiyyah (north face), near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Religion, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0040390
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Updated 17 Mar, 2026 by Michael Macdonald

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OCIANA, 'HE 34,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 17 Mar, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/13242. Accessed: 23 Mar, 2026.