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WTay 09.2

Text Information

Siglum
WTay 09.2
Alternative Sigla
Ph 266.ao (line 2/2-3); Kootstra 2016: 99
Transliteration
w- ḥr b nml {b} km ----m m s¹mw
Translation
And Ḥr son of Nml {son of} km----m from heaven [?]

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Winnett: w ḥrḍ nmll km ---- [y l ṣl]m ms¹m[w] for w- ḥr b nml {b} km ----m m s1mw; Kootstra: w ḥrḍn mlk for w- ḥr b nml {b} km. TRANSLATION m m-s¹mw, Kootstra: 'from S¹mw ((tribal) name)(?)'.
Commentary
Winnett read WTay 9.1 and 9.2 as one 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 98 Plate 18, 22
  • 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
#0040338
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