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TIJ 299

Text Information

Siglum
TIJ 299
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 666
Transliteration
w dʿ ḏs²ry dʿm w ġnmt ḫṭṭ
Translation
And may Ḏs²r call Dʿm, and Ġnmt is [the] drawer

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Harding & Littmann: ḏs²r ydʿm rather than ḏs²ry dʿm. TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 666) commented: "The reading is that of TIJ but the division of the letters differs. For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.3".

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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051250
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