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Al-Anṣārī & Abū ʾl-Hasan 1423/2002: 63

Text Information

Siglum
Al-Anṣārī & Abū ʾl-Hasan 1423/2002: 63
Transliteration
ṣlm{ʾ}/b b{ṭ}----
Translation
{Ṣlmʾ} son of {Bṭ}----

Interpretation

Commentary
On a rock face immediately to the left of a bull's head with a crescent between the horns. The end of the text is lost where the surface has chipped off. The final surviving letter is a square with a saltire in it.

Provenance
Said in the book to be Jabal Ghunaym but according to Muhammad al-Najem it is not

  • Al-Anṣārī [Al-Ansary], ʿA.Ṭ. & Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Tayma. Crossroads of Civilizations. (Prominent Cities on the Frankincense Route Series, 2). [English translation of the Arabic original published in 1423/2002]. Al-Riyāḍ: Dār al-qawāfil, 1426/2005.
Site
Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040471
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