JSTham 450

Siglum
JSTham 450
Alternative Sigla
Esk. 128, Ph 280.o, van den Branden 1950: 278–279, Winnett 1937: 26
Transliteration
l ʿḍl b ḥfrz / [sign] ʾl hrm
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Translation
By ʿḍl son of Ḥfrz [sign] of the lineage of Hrm
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Jaussen & Savignac: nʿm lb ḥgr ḏ- hʾlhrm rather than l ʿḍl b ḥfrz [sign] ʾl hrm; Winnett: nʿm lb ḥgr ḏ- hʾlhrm rather than l ʿḍl b ḥfrz [sign] ʾl hrm; van den Branden: nʿm lb ḥgr ḏ- ʾlhrm rather than l ʿḍl b ḥfrz [sign] ʾl hrm; Eskoubi: nʿḍ lb ḥfr / h ʾl hrm for l ʿḍl b ḥfrz/[sign] ʾl hrm.
Commentary
There is a clear distinction (not shown on Jaussen & Savignac's copy (1909–1920, ii, pl. CXLVI)) between the third letter (ḍ) and the last (m).

Associated Signs
After the patronym there are two superposed dots followed by a large "V" slightly lower than letters below which, after a small gap, is a vertical line.

  • [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 187–188
  • [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 591 Plate CXLVI
  • [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 Bāʾ, south-east of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Lineage
Old OCIANA ID
#0040218
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