WTI 55
Text Information
- Siglum
- WTI 55
- Alternative Sigla
- King 1990: 681
- Transliteration
- l rqm bn ḥmz w rʿy
- Translation
- By Rqm son of Ḥmz and he pastured
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- TRANSLATION rʾy, Winnett & Reed: '(he) shepherded (the flock)'. DISCUSSION King (1990: 681) cpmmented: "Mixed/Saf., the r is of the 'line with a hook' type, see WTI 33".
- Original Reading Credit
- Winnett & Reed 1970: 87
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. pp 87 Plate 6, 15
- King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
- Site
- Sakākā, Al-Ǧawf (Al-Jawf) Province, Saudi Arabia
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Pasturing
- Script
- Mixed Safaitic/Hismaic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0052055
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