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WTay 11

Text Information

Siglum
WTay 11
Alternative Sigla
Ph 266.ag; Kootstra 2016: 72
Transliteration
fḥk b ḥgg nṣr l- {ṣ}lm b- ḍr/nbyt [sign]
Translation
Fḥk son of Ḥgg kept watch on behalf of {Ṣlm} in the war of Nbyt [sign]

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Lines 1–2. van den Branden: ----k bḥgg ---- bḍr{n}byt rather than fḥk b ḥgg nṣr l- {ṣ}lm b- ḍr nbyt. TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. nṣr l- {ṣ}lm, Winnett & Reed: '(he) gave assistance to Ṣlm'; nṣr l- {ṣ}lm b- ḍr, Line 2. b- ḍr nbyt, van den Branden: 'Ḍirrān spent the night (here)'. DISCUSSION Winnett 1980: 133-–34, on nṣr l- ṣlm.

  • 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 99–100 Plate 19
  • 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
Site
Ǧabal Ġunaym, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Outside peoples, Religion, Warfare, Watch (keeping)
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040340
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