SHI 21

Siglum
SHI 21
Alternative Sigla
Gazdar et al. 1984: 89, no. 8, DOI Thaj Expedition 1983, no. 7
Transliteration
----
bny / wh----
ʾ / l----m
l{h} / s¹nt / ʾḥdy /
{ʾ}tbl / mlkʾ / wdʾb
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Translation
----
built (?) wh----
ʾ l----m
l{h} in the year one of
{ʾ}tbl king Wdʾb
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Language and Script
Hasaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Gazdar et al.: bny w---- rather than bny wh----. Line 3. Gazdar et al.: ʾl---- for ʾl----m; Sima: ʾ l{ʿ}{ʾ} ----m rather than ʾ l----m. Line 4. Gazdar et al.: ----t ʾydyh rather than l{h} s¹nt ʾḥdy Line 5. Gazdar et al.: ----ʾ wdʾb for {ʾ}tbl mlkʾ wdʾb. TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. Sima does not translate these lines.
Commentary
Two lines in Aramaic script are carved at the end of the text.

Editio Princeps
Sima 2002: 179

  • Gazdar, M.S., Potts, D.T., Livingstone, A. Excavations at Thaj. Atlal 8, 1984: 55-108, pl. 60-90.
  • [SHI] Sima, A. Die hasaitischen Inschriften. Pages 167-200 in N. Nebes (ed.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Erstes Arbeitstreffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 11. bis 13. September 2000 an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2002.
Site
Ṯāǧ, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Unknown
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Historical
Old OCIANA ID
#0047087
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