ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 17
Text Information
- Siglum
- ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 17
- Transliteration
-
s³fr -h zbd
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
-
Zbd wrote it
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- Language and Script
- Taymanitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
s³fr: The first attestation of the verb to write in Taymanitic, cognate with Ar. sep̄rā (CAL); sēp̄er 'written document.' It is commonly attested as s¹fr in Safaitic as a term for the inscription.
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- Technique
- Chiselled
- Direction of Script
- Right to left
- [ELHT] Inscriptions recorded by the Epigraphy and Landscape in the Hinterland of Taymāʾ project
- Site
- Site 48, Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
- Date Found
- 2013
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Name only, Writing
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0050863
Updated
03 Nov, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 17,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 03 Nov, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/19693. Accessed: 03 Nov, 2026.
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