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TIJ 297

Siglum
TIJ 297
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 666
Transliteration
rbt ʿrt b wḥd w mtr ḫṭṭ
Translation
Wḥd feels much madness (or vice), and Mtr is [the] drawer

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Harding & Littmann: t ʿ b t b w ṭ s² ʿ m t r rather than rbt ʿrt b wḥd w mtr ḫṭṭ. TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 666) commented: "The reading is from the field copy and the published photograph. ʿrt, cf. Ar. ʿurrah, 'madness or vice', and see Ch.4.E.1 for this type of love text".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

  • Harding, G.L. & Littmann, E. Some Thamudic Inscriptions from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Leiden: Brill, 1952.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
ʿAyn al-Wuǧayhāt, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051248
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