TM.T.041

Siglum: TM.T.041
Alternative Sigla: Taymāʾ Museum register 444; Kootstra 2016: 99
Transliteration: ----r b---- ns¹ b {ḫ}--- {.}{.}{.}rls²bʿ {n}ʾ ḥll b s¹nt ----s¹ʾ----
Translation: ----r b---- Ns¹ son of {Ḫ}--- {.}{.}{.}rls²bʿ {n}ʾ ---- he camped in year ----s¹----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 1. Kootstra: l{m} rb{ʾ}r rather than ----r b---- . Line 3. Kootstra: {b/s¹/k} s²mrls²bʿʾ for {.}{.}{.}rls²bʿ {n}ʾ. TRANSLATION Line 3. Kootstra: 'he was a soldier in (the) year...(?)'. DISCUSSION Macdonald & Al-Najem (2016) commented: "A yellow sandstone block (50.5 x 43.5 x 18 cm max.) with an inscription incised on one of the broad faces. A large piece of the face in the top right corner has broken off with the loss of what may be a considerable amount of text. The last line has been very effectively hammered over. Not previously published".
Commentary: The text is written boustrophedon starting from right-to-left. At the end of line 4 the word s¹nt is followed by a single vertical line which may represent a numeral.

Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140
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