Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 228759

Text Information

Siglum
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 228759
Alternative Sigla
Stehle 1960: 2
Transliteration
l ḍhdt bn ʿṯmt h- dmyt
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Translation
By Ḍhdt son of ʿṯmt is the drawing
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Stehle 1960: 2: ʿṣmt for ʿṯmt
Commentary
A large roughly oblong slab of basalt, inscribed on one face (46.5 cm x 26 cm across the inscribed face, and between 2 and 19.5 cm thick). The inscribed face is flat but very pitted along most of the top and left side.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
A man on horseback with a spear fighting a naked man on foot with a sword and shield

  • [Stehle] Stehle, D. South Arabic Graffiti from Field Museum Collections. Unpublished monograph deposited on microfilm in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Il. under the reference ADI 6419. [unpublished]. 1960.
Site
Tall Taida, east of Qaṣr Azraq, Al-Zarqāʾ Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (228759)
Subjects
Drawing, Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0026105
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA