OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

NTSB 3

Text Information

Siglum
NTSB 3
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 642–643
Transliteration
l ʾbmlk w ḏkrt lt ḫms¹ w mlḥ w s²ʿlh w krt w ʾʿṣ w ʾs¹d w ḥmgn w ʿwḏ w ʾḏnl w bs¹ʿd ----
Translation
By ʾbmlk and may Lt be mindful of Ḫms¹ and Mlḥ and S²ʿlh and Krt and ʾʿṣ and ʾs¹d and Ḥmgn and ʿwḏ and {ʾḏnl} and Bs¹ʿd ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Naveh: ḥmṯn for ḥmgn; ms¹ʿd rather than bs¹ʿd. DISCUSSION King (1990: 642–643) commented: "The first two letters of the penultimate name are doubtful. In the copy, the last name begins with b and not with m as read by the edition.

Provenance
Provenance unknown
Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Naveh, J. Ancient North-Arabian Inscriptions on Three Stone Bowls. Eretz Israel 14, 1978: 179-182, pls ד–ו figs 1-3 [Hebrew section].
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Jordan
Current Location
A private collection in Jerusalem
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051483
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