Esk. 216

Text Information

Siglum
Esk. 216
Transliteration
[sign] zʿ-
{l} b hʿb
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Translation
By Hʿb son of [sign] {Zʿ-
l} son of Hʿb
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Eskoubi: s²zʿ bʿhbl.
Commentary
The text is written boustrophedon starting from right-to-left.

Associated Signs
(1) There is a sign to the right of the beginning, and (2) another (a y standing on a horizontal line) over the first two letters, and to the left of it (3) an arc open to below with two short vertical lines rising from the hump. Below the second line there are (4) two more signs.

  • [Esk] Eskūbī [Eskoubi] Ḫ.M. Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah li-nuqūš min minṭaqah (rum) ǧanūb ġarb taymāʾ. [English title: An Analytical and Comparative Study of Inscriptions from “Rum” region, South West of Tayma. Riyāḍ: wazīrat al-maʿārif, waqālat al-āṯār wa-l-matāḥif, 1999. pp 294–295
Site
Abū Zarūq, south-west of Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0040248
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OCIANA,. 'Esk. 216.' OCIANA. 02 Dec, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/759. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.