SHI 22

Text Information

Siglum
SHI 22
Alternative Sigla
Jamme 1985, Beeston 1979, Altheim & Stiehl 1969: 27–30, Ja 1052
Transliteration
bḏlt / bn / nylt / ʾ-
fkl / yġs² / w ṣd-
{q} -h / s² / {ʾ}d----ʾ / ḫ-
----s¹ -h / w yd -h / wdʾ-
[b]
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / Bḏlt son of Nylt priest
of Yġs² and he faithfully
rendered him s² {ʾ}d----ʾ his ḫ-
----s¹ and his hand {Wdʾ-
b}
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Language and Script
Hasaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line. 3. Jamme followed by Altheim and Stiehl and Beeston: mʾdb for s² {ʾ}d----ʾ. TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. ṣd{q}h, Jamme: personal name; Sima: 'he sent to him'. Line 3. s² {ʾ}d----ʾ, Sima: five (?). Line 4. wydh, Jamme followed by Altheim and Stiehl: personal name; w yd -h w dʾ[b], Beeston: 'his handiwork'.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

  • Altheim, F. & Stiehl, R. Die Araber in der Alten Welt. (5 volumes). Berlin: de Gruyter, 1964-1969.
  • Beeston, A.F.L. The Hasaean Tombstone J 1052. Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University 11, 1979: 17-18.
  • Gazdar, M.S., Potts, D.T., Livingstone, A. Excavations at Thaj. Atlal 8, 1984: 55-108, pl. 60-90.
  • [Ja] Jamme, A. Sabaean and Ḥasaean Inscriptions from Saudi Arabia. (Studi semitici, 23). Rome: Università di Roma, Istituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente, 1966.
  • [Ja] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1985.
  • [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.
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Ṯāǧ, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
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#0047088
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