WTay 02

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT van den Branden: nms² b{w} ʾl bʿgl mns¹ʿ rather than lm hbʾl b ʿgl mn s¹mʿ. TRANSLATION mn s¹mʿl ṣlm ltw, Winnett & Reed: 'From Ṣalm has turned away'; l tw[y], Winnett: 'let him bow down'. The reading here is that of Kootstra 2016: 118. DISCUSSION Winnett 1980: 134-135, on mn s¹mʿ l- ṣlm ltwy.
Commentary: Noyte that the last four letters of this text were read by both van den Branden and Winnett both as part of this text and as WTay 44.

Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. pp 96 Plate 18
Winnett, F.V. A Reconsideration of Some Inscriptions from the Tayma Area. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 10, 1980: 133-140.
Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.
Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140