WDum 3

Image © Winnett and Reed 1970
Siglum
WDum 3
Alternative Sigla
WTI 23
Transliteration
h rḍw w nhy w ʿtrs¹m s¹ʿd -n ʿl- wdd -y
Winnett and Reed 1970
Translation
O Rḍw and Nhy and ʿtrs¹m help me in the matter of my love
Winnett and Reed 1970
Language and Script
Dumaitic

Interpretation

Commentary

Winnett identified the script of three inscriptions from near Sakākā as "Jawfian" (Winnett & Reed 1970: 69, 80) which Macdonald suggested would be better labelled "Dumaitic" (2000: 33).

It should be noted that that the three deities here occur in the list of six deities which the Assyrian king Sennacherib took from Adumatu (Dūmah, mediaeval and modern Dūmat al-Ǧandal) and which were returned by his son Esarhaddon. These were: Atarsamain (ᴰa-tar-sa-ma-a-a-in = ʿtrs¹m here), Dāya (ᴰda-a-a), Nuḫāya (ᴰnu-ḫa-a-a = nhy here), Rulṭāwu (ᴰru-ul-da-a-a-ú = rḍw here), Abirillu (ᴰa-bi-ri-il-lu), and Atarqurumâ (ᴰa-tar-qu-ru-ma-a) "the gods of the Arabs" (dingir.meš ša lú.a-ri-bi). See Leichty 2011: 19. It should be noted that there is so far no mention of Abirillu and Atarqurumâ in the Ancient North Arabian inscriptions. 

Michael C.A. Macdonald

Editio Princeps
Winnett and Reed 1970
Field Collector
Winnett and Reed

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Right to left

Associated Inscriptions
WDum 1-2

  • Leichty, E. The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680–669 BC). with a contribution by G. Frame. (The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Asyyrian Period, 4). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • [W.Dad] 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. No. 23
Site
Sakākā, Al-Ǧawf (Al-Jawf) Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1962
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Isolated Prayer, Deity
Old OCIANA ID
#0051940
Updated 11 Aug, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Winnett and Reed 1970 and Michael C.A. Macdonald, 'WDum 3,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 11 Aug, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/18109. Accessed: 15 Sep, 2026.