WTay 11

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

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.

  • Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140
  • [Ph] Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.
  • Winnett, F.V. A Reconsideration of Some Inscriptions from the Tayma Area. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 10, 1980: 133-140.
  • [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 99–100 Plate 19
Site
Ǧabal Ġunaym, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Outside peoples, Religion, Warfare, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0040340
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