Esk. 026

Siglum
Esk. 026
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 71, 109
Transliteration
l bʾm / b {ʾ}{h}dr / fʿl / nk
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Translation
By Bʾm son of {ʾhdr} had sex
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Eskoubi: bn ʾhdr rather than b {ʾ}{h}dr; Kootstra: nʾdr rather than {ʾ}{h}dr. TRANSLATION fʿl nk, Kootstra: '(he) engaged in battle'.
Commentary
Below an excellent drawing of a camel. There is a diagonal line touching the left vertical of the ʾ which is probably extraneous. The sixth and the seventh letters are joined.

Associated Signs
Above the end of the text and behind the camel a short vertical line and a cross |+.

  • [Esk] Eskūbī [Eskoubi] Ḫ.M. Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah li-nuqūš min minṭaqah (rum) ǧanūb ġarb taymāʾ. [English title: An Analytical and Comparative Study of Inscriptions from “Rum” region, South West of Tayma. Riyāḍ: wazīrat al-maʿārif, waqālat al-āṯār wa-l-matāḥif, 1999. pp 75–76
  • Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140
Site
Waḍaḥah Bāʾ, south of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0040158
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OCIANA,. 'Esk. 026.' OCIANA. 08 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/22813. Accessed: 11 Jan, 2026.