JSTham 513

Siglum
JSTham 513
Alternative Sigla
Esk. 055, Ph 280.ar.2, van den Branden 1950: 293–294, Winnett 1937: 23
Transliteration
lm rḥml / b bs¹rt / ḥl / b ddn
OCIANA
Translation
By Rḥml son of Bs¹rt, he camped at Ddn
OCIANA
Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Jaussen & Savignac: 'By Murrḥamad in Bus¹rat'.
Commentary
The inscription is written in a single line which curves downwards from right-to-left. The final letter is entangled with the two left front legs of a drawing of a scorpion. Van den Branden 1956, ii: 60 equates this text with Philby 280 ar. Note that there are two inscriptions labelled “ar” on the plate showing Philby's copies (ibid. Pl. XI). The one equivalent to JSTham 513 is on the last line. We have labelled it “Philby 280 ar 2”.

  • [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 112–113
  • [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. Vol. II pp 602 Plate CXLVII
  • [Ph] Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.
  • [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
Subjects
Camping, Genealogy, Place-name
Old OCIANA ID
#0040136
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