RZTham 2

Text Information

Siglum
RZTham 2
Transliteration
ṭm ḥfr
Al-Jallad and Sidky 2022
Translation
Ṭm has carved
Al-Jallad and Sidky 2022
Language and Script
Thamudic D

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Van den Branden 1950, P 4: t-m w-m-r 'Taym et Murr'.

Commentary

For a commentary on the site and history of discovery, see RZTham 1.

The name Ṭm should probably be vocalized as Ṭāmī and is, apparently, still in use in the region. Ṭm has appeared alongside ʿʿlk (RZTham 1) in two other texts, so far unpublished. 

Editio Princeps
Van den Branden 1950
Field Collector
Doughty 1921

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Vertical

Associated Drawings
Large-scale seated man with a staff
Associated Inscriptions

  • [RZTham] Al-Jallad, A., & Sidky, H. A Paleo-Arabic inscription on a route north of Ṭāʾif. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 33, 2022: 202–215.
  • Doughty, C.M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. With a new Preface by the Author, an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence and all its Original Maps, Plans and Cuts. Thin-paper edition in one volume complete and unabridged, London, Cape, 1930. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923.
  • van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions thamoudéennes. (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 25). Louvain: Publications Universitaires de Louvain/Bibliothèque du Muséon, 1950.
Site
Rīʿ al-Zallālah, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing, Name only, Writing
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Updated 21 May, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'RZTham 2.' OCIANA. 21 May, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44214. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.