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NI 18

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Siglum
NI 18
Alternative Sigla
Waddington 2267.1; PUAES III.A. 746; Sartre 2016: 63, no. 38
Transliteration
ΘΑΙΜΟϹ {Ϲ}ΙΑ{Τ}ΟΥ
Translation
Taym son of {Siyataʿ)

Interpretation

Commentary
The reading and interpretation of the patronym are very uncertain.

Provenance
This text and NI 19 are on the same rock below the north-west tower of the perimeter wall.

Associated Inscriptions

  • Waddington, W.H. Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie recueillies et expliquées. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1870.
  • Littmann, E., Magie, D., Stuart, D.R. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904-1905 and 1909. Division III: Greek and Latin Inscriptions in Syria, Section A: Southern Syria, Part 5: Ḥaurân Plain and Djebel Ḥaurân. Leyden: Brill, 1915.
  • Sartre, M. Namāra du Ṣafā. Syria 93, 2016: 45–66.
Site
Al-Namārah, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Greek
Old OCIANA ID
#0036143
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