JSTham 524

Interpretation

Commentary: Van den Branden (1956: 60) appears to assume that this text and JSTham 507 are two copies of the same text which he identified with Philby 280.au.1 (on the antepenultimate line on van den Branden 1956: Pl. XI). However, it is now clear from the photographs that JSTham 507 and 524 are separate texts on different parts of the same rock wall. In both cases these texts are associated with the name zbd (JSTham 506 and 525) 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. CXLVIII)), and in JSTham 524 (yfʿ) and 525 (zbd) it is to the right of yfʿ (as in Jaussen & Savignac's copy). Ph 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. It is not clear whether Philby 280.au.1 is a copy of JSTham 507 or 524.

Associated Signs: A sign resembling a Taymanitic ḥ in which the stem protrudes slightly below the “V” and has a dot on each side of it.

[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 604 Plate CXLVIII
[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 297 Plate XVIII
[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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