SHI 39

Siglum
SHI 39
Alternative Sigla
Potts 1990, II: 79, Winnett 1
Transliteration
[n][f]s¹ / w qbr / ġṯm / bnt
----rt[ / ]{b}n / tḥyw / ḏʾt
[ʾ][l] ----{t} / ḏʾt / ʾl / ʿwr
/ ḏ{ʾ}{t} [ʾ][l] ----wḏ{b} ----fqd{t}
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of {Memorial} and grave of Ġṯm daughter of
----rt {son of} Tḥyw {of
the lineage} ----{t} of the lineage of ʿwr
{of the lineage of} ----wḏ{b}----fqd{t}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Hasaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Winnett: ʿm]rt rather than ----rt. Line 4. Winnett followed by Potts and Sima: [s²]wḏb for ----wḏ{b}. TRANSLATION Line 1. nfs¹, Winnett followed by Sima: 'Tombstone'; qbr, Potts: 'Tomb'. Lines 2–4. Winnett: '(she) of the family of]....T, of the clan of ʿUwayr, o(f) [the tribe of S²]awḏab. (wasm ?). She is missed'; Potts: ḏʾt ʾl '(she) of the group of' and fqdt 'she is missed'; Sima: '(she) of the family [...]t, of the clan ʿwr, of the tribe S²awḏab ----'.
Commentary
Measurements: 62.5 x 25 x 25 cm. (Potts 1990, II: 72).

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

  • Potts, D.T. The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity. (2 volumes). Oxford: Clarendon, 1990.
  • [SHI] Sima, A. Die hasaitischen Inschriften. Pages 167-200 in N. Nebes (ed.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Erstes Arbeitstreffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 11. bis 13. September 2000 an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2002.
  • [Winnett] Winnett, F.V. A Himyaritic Inscription from the Persian Gulf Region. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 102, 1946
Site
ʿAyn Ǧawān, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Unknown
Subjects
Building, Funerary, Genealogy, Lineage, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0047105
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