ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 19

Siglum: ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 19
Transliteration: ʾlḥmq / w s²rbt / s¹k{n} / ḫ---- / {s³ / ṯ}---- / ----ḍmdtġ
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Translation: By / son of W ʾlḥmq and S²rbt, [this] {settlement} {ḫ}---- s³/ṯ}---- ----ḍmdtġ
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Language and Script: Taymanitic

Interpretation

Commentary: The n in s¹k{n} has had an extra curving line added to its lower line making it look like s². But the lines of this lower part are thinner than the rest of the letter and are almost certainly extraneous. Similarly, the ḫ after word-divider has had a thicker line added to the fork at the top and another stroke thicker than those of the letter has been added to the tail at the bottom creating a fork. The clear example of s² in w s²rbt shows that this letter with a fork must be a ḫ. The following letter has been very effectively hammered over except for a fork at the bottom which is not present in any known Taymanitic letter. This is followed by a word-divider and then a s³/ṯ followed by three letters which have been hammered over.

Site: Site 48, Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA