WTay 05

Text Information

Siglum
WTay 05
Alternative Sigla
Ph 266.au (lines 1–5)
Transliteration
zʾb / b ḥgg / kʾl / {s²}mt
ʾṯt / w ndrt
knʿ yʾzn {-k}
zt hnʾn
{b} gml ʿyr
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of Ḥgg Zʾb son of Ḥgg purchased {a black female-camel}
of a woman and it died
Knʿ exhorts {you}
Zt Hnʾn
[to give in exchange for] a camel an ass
OCIANA
Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Kootstra: s¹ʾl nmt [...] rather than kʾl {s²}mt. Lines 1–3. Winnett & Reed: ḏʾb bḥgg kʾl s²mt ʾṯt w ndrt klʿ yʾḏnk ḏt rather than zʾb b ḥgg s1ʾl nmt ʾṯt w ndrt b nʿy ʾznk zt. van den Branden takes it as 5 short texts: (1) ḏʾb bw{l}s¹ b ʾḫrm (2) ʾt twb (3) s¹n? ḏʾyʿlb (4) ḏt rfʾ (5) s¹gm lbʿ rather than zʾb b ḥgg s1ʾl nmt ʾṯt w ndrt b nʿy ʾznk zt hnʾn b gml ʿyr. Line 7. Kootstra: w gml rather than {b} gml. TRANSLATION Winnett & Reed: "Ḏʾb son of Ḥgg purchased the black camel of a woman and it died. Klʿ exhorts thee Ḏt Hnʾn (to give) in exchange for the camel an ass" van den Branden: (1) "Ḏʾb son of Wls¹ son of ʾḥrm"; (2) "Tawāb's sign"; (3) "S¹n! ... has drawn [this]"; (4) "This is Rfʾ"; (5) "S¹gm at Bʿ". Lines 2–7. Kootstra: "ʾtṯ/wives and I vowed to you my nʿ by your permission [grant] this: our health and a sprightly camel".
Commentary
As Winnett reads it, the lines are right-to-left, except line 3 which runs left-to-right boustrophedon from line 2. The interpretation is extremely difficult and, faute de mieux, we have followed Winnett's translation with a few small changes. The first letter of line 5 looks more like a ṣ than a b. However, it is possible that the horizontal stroke across the middle is not part of the letter [?].

  • [Ph] Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.
  • [W.Dad] 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 96–97 Plate 18, 21
Site
Ǧabal Ġunaym, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0040331
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