TIJ 297

Text Information

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

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".

Editio Princeps
King 1990

  • [TIJ] Harding, G.L. & Littmann, E. Some Thamudic Inscriptions from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Leiden: Brill, 1952.
  • [AMJ] 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Old OCIANA ID
#0051248
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