SHI 33

Siglum
SHI 33
Alternative Sigla
Potts 1990, II: 77, Ja 1048
Transliteration
nfs¹ / w qbr / {m}tmt /
bn[t] / ṣbt / bnt / {f}ḥ-
ns¹ / ḏʾt / {ʾ}l / s¹ʿ{d}-
ʾ{l}{ / }
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / Memorial and grave of {Mtmt}
{daughter of} Ṣbt daughter of {Fḥ-
ns¹} {of the lineage of} {S¹ʿd-
ʾl}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Hasaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Potts: ----tmt rather than {m}tmt. Lines 2–4. Jamme: ẓrbbt ʾlt ʾḥns¹ ḏʾt {ʾ}b s¹ʿ{d}ʾb rather than ṣbt bnt {f}ḥns¹ ḏʾt {ʾ}l s¹ʿ{d}ʾ{l}. TRANSLATION Line 1. nfs¹, Jamme followed by Sima: 'Tombstone'; qbr, Potts: 'Tomb'. Line 3. ḏʾt {ʾ}l, Potts: '(she) of the group of'; Sima: '(she) of the family'.

Editio Princeps
Sima 2002: 184-185

  • [Ja] Jamme, A. Sabaean and Ḥasaean Inscriptions from Saudi Arabia. (Studi semitici, 23). Rome: Università di Roma, Istituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente, 1966.
  • [Ja] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVIII [Revised version]. Washington, D.C.: [privately produced], 1995.
  • Potts, D.T. The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity. (2 volumes). Oxford: Clarendon, 1990.
  • [SHI] Sima, A. Die hasaitischen Inschriften. Pages 167-200 in N. Nebes (ed.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Erstes Arbeitstreffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 11. bis 13. September 2000 an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2002.
Site
Raʾs Tannūra, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Unknown
Subjects
Building, Funerary, Genealogy, Lineage, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0047099
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