Esk. 031

Siglum
Esk. 031
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 86, 110
Transliteration
ʾs¹ b dmg / l ʾṣr / h- ḍbʾ / {h-} {r}{ʿ}{y}
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Translation
ʾs¹ son of Dmg by ʾṣr the soldier, {the leader}
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Eskoubi: ḫrfn rather than {h-} {r}{ʿ}{y}; Kootstra: {h}{ḥ}{r}{ʾ}{y} rather than {h-} {r}{ʾ}{y}. TRANSLATION ʾṣr hḍbʾ, Eskoubi: 'for captivating the Ḍbʾ'.
Commentary
Very faint and photograph taken at an angle so that the end is distorted and difficult to see and to interpret.

  • [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 84–85
  • Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140
Site
Waḍaḥah Ǧīm, south of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Warfare
Old OCIANA ID
#0040160
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OCIANA. 'Esk. 031.' OCIANA. 08 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/22816. Accessed: 24 Jun, 2025.