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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WTI 11

Text Information

Siglum
WTI 11
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 679
Transliteration
l yʿly bn rs² ḏ- ʾl ḥṣd w wgm ʿl hnʾ w ʿ{l} gdy
Translation
By Yʿly son of Rs² of the lineage of Ḥṣd; and he grieved for Hnʾ and {for} Gdy

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Winnett & Reed: wṯm rather than gṭm and ṯdy rather than gdy. DISCUSSION King (1990: 679) commented: "The fourth letter from the end is almost certainly a l, see the published photograph".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. pp 77 Plate 10
  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Al-Qalaʿah, near Sakākā, Al-Ǧawf (Al-Jawf) Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving, Lineage
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0052029
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