Esk. 183

Text Information

Siglum
Esk. 183
Transliteration
ys¹mʿl b ṣby [sign]
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Translation
Ys¹mʿl son of Ṣby [sign]
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Eskoubi: ys¹mwl rather than ys¹mʿl.

Associated Signs
(1) Above the first letter an upside-down Taymanitic b, with the horizontal extended to the left and a dot between the legs. (2). Above the last name a vertical line with a dot on either side of its middle, and to the left a large Ancient South Arabian g. (3). After the last name a large Taymanitic b, the “Ancient South Arabian g” above touches its top right-hand corner. (4) to the left of (3) a large Safaitic ʾ. (5) High up above (2)–(4) (R-L) a Taymanitic b with the right leg extended upwards above the horizontal, to the left a Taymanitic b with a large dot above its top right-hand corner.

  • [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 255
Site
Ṣafāt al-Mārdah, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0040242
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OCIANA. 'Esk. 183.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/18068. Accessed: 30 May, 2025.