OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

MEEK

Text Information

Siglum
MEEK
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 641
Transliteration
l ʿqrbn bn ġṯlh ḏ- ʾl mʿnʾl w ḏkrt lt ʾs¹lmt w tmlh w {r}hdt w mqm w ns¹r w tm
Translation
By ʿqrbn son of Ġṯlh of the lineage Mʿnʾl and may Lt remember ʾs¹lmt and Tmlh and {Rhdt} and Mqm and Ns¹r and Tm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Winnett: nġḍlh rather than ġṯlh, ʾḫs²mt for ʾs¹lmt, w bhn for w {r}hdt and w bhdlt rather than w ns¹r. DISCUSSION King (1990: 641) commented: "The first letter of the third name of the prayer is larger than the other r's in the text. For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.1".

Provenance
This inscription was purchased at Sidon by the late Professor A.S. Carrier of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, while travelling in the Near East in 1906 (Winnett 1937: 5)
Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Winnett, F.V. A Study of the Liḥyanite and Thamudic Inscriptions. (University of Toronto Studies - Oriental Series, 3). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1937.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Royal Ontario Museum (West Asiatic no. 973–143)
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051886
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