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TM.T.001 A

Text Information

Siglum
TM.T.001 A
Alternative Sigla
Taymāʾ Museum register 401
Transliteration
wdd b dḥr
Translation
Wdd son of Dḥr

Interpretation

Commentary
One face of a roughly triangular piece of patinated sandstone (maximum dimensions 48 x 32 x 15) with a wasm below the inscription. TM.T.001 B is on another face of the same stone. Not previously published, but illustrated in Al-Anṣary-Abū l-Ḥasab 1423/2002: 18; 1426/2005: 17. The reading is from right-to-left.

Associated Signs
Below the inscription there is a sign like a Taymanitic y with a short horizontal line across the stem.

  • Al-Anṣārī, ʿA.Ṭ. & Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Tayma: Crossroads of Civilizations. (Prominent Cities on the Frankincense Route, 2). Riyadh: Dar al-qawafil, 2005.
  • Al-Anṣārī [Al-Ansary] ʿA.Ṭ & Abū ʾl-Hasan Ḥ.ʿA.D. Taymāʾ. Multaqā al-ḥaḍārāt. (Silsilah – qurā ẓāhirah ʿalā ṭarīq al-baḫūr, 2). Riyadh: Dar Al-Qawafil, 1423/2002.
  • 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
Genealogy
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040424
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