JSTham 495

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JSTham 495
Alternative Sigla
Esk. 044 (line 2), Ph 280.am, van den Branden 1950: 289, Winnett 1937: 22
Transliteration
ykfrl
ʾs¹ ʾtw
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Translation
Ykfrl,
leader of ʾtw
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Winnett, van den Branden and Eskoubi: ʾḫr for ʾtw. DISCUSSION Macdonald 1992: 30–31, for the interpretation of ʾs¹ as 'leader'.
Commentary
Read separately by Jaussen & Savignac (1909–1920, ii: 598), but as one text with Esk. 44.1 (= JSTham 497) by Eskoubi. The reading is from left-to-right.

  • [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 100–101
  • [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 598 Plate CXLVII
  • [NAEN] Macdonald, M.C.A. North Arabian Epigraphic Notes I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 3, 1992: 23-43.
  • [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
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0040163
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