U.T.001

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

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.

  • [JaT] 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.
  • [Liv Tay] 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.
  • [TM.T.] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0040310
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OCIANA. 'U.T.001.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/20611. Accessed: 19 Jun, 2025.