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Ph 279.ap.1

Text Information

Siglum
Ph 279.ap.1
Transliteration
b ṣlm ntn/htn/b s²bt
Translation
By Ṣlm Htn son of S²b gave

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION van den Branden: 'By Ṣalam! Natan ha-Tinn, son of S²abbat'.
Commentary
van den Branden (1956: 53–54) takes Philby 279 ap 1 and 2 as a single text. However, it can be seen from the photographs of the Taymāʾ Hinterland Survey that they are separate inscriptions. Unfortunately, the survey photographs omitted the first two letters. Cf. JSTham 352 b ṣlm ntnt "By Ṣlm I gave".

Provenance
van den Branden (1956, ii: Table de Matières, E) assigns this inscription to Al-Khabū al-Sharqī, presumably on the basis of Philby's notes. However, the Taymāʾ Hinterland Survey recorded it at Waḍaḥā in 2013.

  • Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.
Site
Wadaḥā, south of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040404
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