TIJ 058

Siglum: TIJ 058
Alternative Sigla: WAM T 8; Harding 1971: 621; Macdonald 1981: 258; Winnett 1985: 20–21, no. 48; King 1990: 655
Transliteration: l km bn gmhr w ḏkrt lt ġṯ w ḥbk w ʿbb w bkr w hlʾ w qnfḏ w wd w ḥmlg w qnfḏ w gmʿ
Translation: By Km son of Gmhr and may Lt remember Ġṯ and Ḥbk and ʿbb and Bkr and Hlʾ and Qnfḏ and Wd and Ḥmlg and Qnfḏ and Gmʿ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Harding & Littmann followed by Winnett: km bn ṯmhr w ḏkrt lt ġḍ w ḥrk w ʿrb w bkr w hnʾ w qnfḏ w wd w ḥmlṯ w qnfḏ w ṯmg rather than km bn gmhr w ḏkrt lt ġṯ w ḥbk w ʿbb w bkr w hlʾ w qnfḏ w wd w ḥmlg w qnfḏ w gmʿ; Harding, followed by Macdonald: hnʾ rather than hlʾ. DISCUSSION King (1990: 655) commented: "Apart for the re-readings in this text based on the re-evaluation of the signs for /ṯ/, /g/ and /ḍ/, hlʾ should be read for hnʾ (as in Harding 1971: 621 and Macdonald 1981: 158), ḥbk for ḥrk and ʿbb for ʿrb. In these last two names the letters read as r are more like the b's in the rest of the text".

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Winnett, F.V. An Arabian Miscellany. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 31 [N.S. 21], 1971: 443-454, pls 1-14.
Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
Winnett, F.V. Studies in Thamudic. Maǧallat kulliyat al-ādāb, ǧāmiʿat al-malik saʿūd 12:1, 1985: 1-58 [English section].
Macdonald, M.C.A. Appendix G. Notes on Some Safaitic Inscriptions. Pages 257-263 in S.W. Helms, Jawa, Lost City of the Black Desert. London: Methuen, 1981.
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 [Unpublished]. 1990.