JSTham 506

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT van den Branden: ḏbd rather than zbd.
Commentary: Van den Branden (1956: 60) appears to assume that JSTham 506 and 525 are two copies of the same text which he identified with Philby 280 at 1 (at the right hand end of the line which starts with two vertical texts on van den Branden 1956: Pl. XI). However, it is now clear from the photograph that JSTham 506 and 525 are separate texts on different parts of the same rock wall. In both cases these texts are associated with the name yfʿ (JSTham 507 and 524) and a sign resembling a Taymanitic ḥ in which the stem protrudes slightly below the “V” and has a dot on each side of it. However, in JSTham 506 (zbd) and 507 (yfʿ), this sign is to the right of zbd (not copied by Jaussen & Savignac (1909–1920, ii, pl. CXLVII), and in JSTham 524 (yfʿ) and 525 (zbd) it is to the right of yfʿ (as in Jaussen & Savignac's copy). Philby 280 at 1 is clearly a copy of JSTham 506 because it includes the sign to the right of the text and the two letters (JSTham 506.1) above the end of it.

Associated Signs: Before the beginning, a sign resembling a Taymanitic ḥ in which the stem protrudes slightly below the “V” and has a dot on each side of it. Compare Esk. 008

[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 110–111
[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 601 Plate CXLVII
[Ph] Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.

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

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