Esk. 056

Interpretation

Commentary: The name has not been found before in Taymanitic but is very well attested in Safaitic. To the left of the text is a drawing of a man with a bow shooting at another man holding a stick and probably leading a loaded baggage camel (note the hump is not visible). One of the arrows has hit this second man. Below this is a wasm (?) and below that a drawing partly clipped by the edge of the photograph and which is therefore difficult to interpret. To the right of this is a drawing of a man with a sword at his belt, and his hands raised. In his right hand his holds a slightly curved instrument (dagger or sword?). To the right of him are two more wusūm.

[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 113

Site: Al-Ḫabū al-Šarqī Alif, south-east of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia

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