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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WTay 12

Siglum
WTay 12
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 94–95
Transliteration
yʿzrl b ḥ{g}{g} ḥdd l- ṣlm
Translation
Yʿzrl son of {Ḥgg} was keen for Ṣlm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Winnett & Reed: yʿḏrl rather than yʿzrl. TRANSLATION ḥdd, Kootstra: '(he) was a border guard'.
Commentary
The text is written boustrophedon starting from right-to-left. It seems that the mason did calculate the space of letters and had therefore to squeeze the last letter in the empty space at 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 100 Plate 19, 21
  • 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, Religion
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040341
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