JSTham 518

Siglum
JSTham 518
Alternative Sigla
Esk. 063, van den Branden 1950: 295, Winnett 1937: 25
Transliteration
l rfʾ b s¹kfr / b s²br
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Translation
By Rfʿʾ son of S¹kfr son of S²br
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Jaussen & Savignac followed by van den Branden: rgʾ for rfʾ; Eskoubi: rʿʾ for rfʾ and b- kfr rather than s¹kfr. TRANSLATION b s¹kfr b s²br, Jaussen & Savignac: 'Who prepared a tomb for S²abat'. DISCUSSION Winnett 1937: 27.
Commentary
The top of the first b and any possible word divider have been destroyed by the final m of JSNab 340 above.

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Associated Signs
At end of this and JSTham 519: Vertical line with 2 pairs of; branches, with dots on either side of the top of the vertical.

  • [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 120–121
  • [JSTham] Jaussen, A. & Savignac, M.R. Mission archéologique en Arabie. I. (Mars-Mai 1907) De Jérusalem au Hedjaz, Médain Saleh. II. El-ʿEla, d'Hégra à Teima Harrah de Tebouk. Texte et Atlas. III. Les châteaux arabes de Quṣeir ʿAmra, Ḫarâneh, et Tûba. (5 volumes). (Publications de la Société Française des Fouilles Archéologiques, 2). [Reprinted Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1997]. Paris: Leroux/Geuthner, 1909–1920.
  • [HU] The inscriptions recorded by Charles Huber as renumbered in Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions thamoudéennes. (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 25). Louvain: Institut Orientaliste de l'Université de Louvain, 1950. pp 295 Plate XVII
  • [WTay] Winnett, F.V. A Study of the Liḥyanite and Thamudic Inscriptions. (University of Toronto Studies - Oriental Series, 3). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1937.
Site
Al-Ḫabū al-Šarqī Alif, south-east of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0040130
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