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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WTay 03

Text Information

Siglum
WTay 03
Alternative Sigla
Ph 266.ao.1; Kootstra 2016: 86, 103
Transliteration
nṣr/b ʿgl/hlk/zn krfty /h- rkb
Translation
Nṣr son of ʿgl has passed away. This is Krfty, the riding camel

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT van den Branden followed by Winnett & Reed: ḏn rather than zn; Kootstra: rfty rather than krfty. TRANSLATION van den Branden: 'Baʿagilah has helped out with the misfortune of Fatiyy, the rider'.
Commentary
Drawing of a camel next to the beginning of the text.

  • 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, 21
  • 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
Site
Ǧabal Ġunaym, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040329
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