JSTham 455

Siglum
JSTham 455
Alternative Sigla
Esk. 107, van den Branden 1950: 280, Winnett 1937: 27
Transliteration
ṣmml{ḥ} / b bs²m
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Translation
By / son of Bs²m {Ṣmmlḥ} son of Bs²m
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Jaussen & Savignac followed by Winnett and van den Braden: ms²m rather than bs²m; Eskoubi: b- bs²----m rather than b- bs²m.
Commentary
If the 5th letter is damaged at the top. If it is a ḥ, it is upside-down. The photograph shows that antepenultimate letter is not a Thamudic B horizontal m as shown in Jaussen & Savignac's copy (1909–1920, ii, pl. CXLVI), but a b with an abrasion.

  • [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 167–168
  • [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 592 Plate CXLVI
  • [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 280 Plate XVII
  • [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 Bāʾ, south-east of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0040206
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