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Ph 279.ap.2

Siglum
Ph 279.ap.2
Transliteration
lm bʿṯtr/b ʿmrn ḥlb
Translation
By Bʿṯtr son of ʿmrn fed the she-camel

Interpretation

Commentary
van den Branden (1956, ii: 53–54) takes Philby 279 ap 1 and 2 as a single text but there seems to be no continuity between them and it seems more likely that they are two. The words are separated by a word-divider (a dot). The last letter must be read as ḥlb rather than ḥl -b.

  • Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.
  • Philby, H.S.J.B. Jauf and the North Arabian Desert. Geographical Journal 62, 1923: 241-259.
Site
Al-Ḫabū al-Šarqī, south-east of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040505
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