ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 19

Text Information

Siglum
ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 19
Transliteration
ʾlḥmq / ws²rbt / s¹k{n} / ḫṣ / {s³}{f}{h} / ʿḍgdtġ
J. Norris
Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Commentary

Norris (forthcoming) has recognized this as a hlḥm with word dividers between the sections. See Al-Jallad and Prioletta (forthcoming).

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.

Michael C.A. Macdonald

Technique
chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon
Site
Site 48, Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
2013
Current Location
In situ
Subject
ABC
Old OCIANA ID
#0050865
Updated 05 Nov, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

Cite this Site

J.Norris, Michael C.A. Macdonald, and J. Norris, 'ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 19,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 05 Nov, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/19698. Accessed: 18 Jun, 2026.