TA 11414.1

Interpretation

Commentary: A sherd of similar ware to TA 00888, with what appears to be part of a single line of a Dadanitic inscription incised in the leather-hard phase of making the pot (i.e. before firing). The inscription retains the only remaining grey slip left on the sherd. Unfortunately, the surviving letters are not entirely diagnostic in deciding whether the text is Dadanitic or Taymanitic, and all depends on whether the second letter is a Dadanitic ṣ in which the circle at the top has been damaged, or, if the circle did not exist, a Taymanitic h, which would be upside-down in relation to the rest of the letters. Neither hypothesis is satisfactory. If the letters are to be read as Taymanitic, the text would read: ----{l}{h}mbb----.