Esk. 167

Text Information

Siglum
Esk. 167
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 118
Transliteration
ḥll b- ddn
OCIANA
Translation
(He) camped at Ddn
OCIANA
Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Kootstra: "he was a soldier at/against Dadan'.
Commentary
Beside the text a drawing of a man with enormous hands, an ostrich, two counterposed ibex and another man with hands raised.

  • [Esk] Eskūbī [Eskoubi] Ḫ.M. Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah li-nuqūš min minṭaqah (rum) ǧanūb ġarb taymāʾ. [English title: An Analytical and Comparative Study of Inscriptions from “Rum” region, South West of Tayma. Riyāḍ: wazīrat al-maʿārif, waqālat al-āṯār wa-l-matāḥif, 1999. pp 235–236
  • Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140
Site
Al-Ḫabū al-Ġarbī, south-south-west of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Camping, Place-name
Old OCIANA ID
#0040237
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OCIANA. 'Esk. 167.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/1632. Accessed: 30 May, 2025.