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U.T.001

Text Information

Siglum
U.T.001
Alternative Sigla
Liv. Tay 2; JaT 85
Transliteration
l ʾmt bt nb{ḥ} w l- ṣfn
Translation
By ʾmt daughter of {Nbḥ} and by Ṣfn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 3. Livingstone et al.: ṣʿn or ṣwn rather than ṣfn; Jamme: ʾbn for ṣfn.
Commentary
Stela with a Taymanitic inscription. It was photographed by William Facey on his visit to Taymāʾ in 1985. The inscription is in three lines running from right to left rather than boustrophedon.

Provenance
On a stone found during the Saudi excavations in the city in the 1980s. Its present whereabouts are unknown.

  • Livingstone, A., Spaie, B., Ibrahim, M., Kamal, M., Taimani, S. Taimāʾ: Recent Soundings and New Inscribed Material (1402 AH — 1982 AD). Atlal 7, 1983: 102-116, pl. 83-97.
  • Jamme, A. A Tham Inscription from the al-ʿUlā Area, JaT 87. Pages 17 in A. Jamme, Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington, DC: [privately printed], 1985.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. & Al-Naǧem [Al-Najem], M. Catalogue of the Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum and other collections, with contributions from F. Imbert, J. Norris & P. Stein. Oxford, 2023
Site
Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Unknown
Subjects
Genealogy, Women
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040310
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