HE 40

Siglum
HE 40
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 113
Transliteration
ḥkrn b ns²w b hḥḍryt nṣr
l- ṣlm
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Translation
Ḥkrn son of Ns²w son of Hḥḍryt kept watch
on behalf of Ṣlm
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION hḥḍryt, Kootstra: '(the sedentary woman/the woman from ḥdr)'. DISCUSSION Winnett 1980: 133–134, on nṣr l- ṣlm.
Commentary
The text is written boustrophedon starting from right-to-left.

Associated Inscriptions
It is below HE 39

  • 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 near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Religion, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0040394
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA