TM.T.001 B

Siglum
TM.T.001 B
Alternative Sigla
Taymāʾ Museum register 401
Transliteration
l ṣms³mk ʾmt
h glz
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Translation
By Ṣms³mk the maid servant
of the tax-collector [?]
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Macdonald & Al-Najem (2016) commented: "The name Ṣms³mk has not been found before and is a good example of s³ in Taymanitic. The name would mean 'Ṣlm supports' (cf. Hebrew sāmak). The meaning of the word glz uncertain and Macdonald has tentatively interpreted it on the basis of Arabic ǧilwāz 'tax-collector'. It is also possible that hglz is a personal name, but if so is unknown".
Commentary
Carved boustrophedon starting right-to-left in the lower line. On an adjacent face (inscribed area 41 x 18) of the stone bearing TM.T.001 A.

  • [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 area [?], Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Taymāʾ Museum register 401
Subject
Slave
Old OCIANA ID
#0040425
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA