WTay 12

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

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.

  • Kootstra, F. The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions and its Classification. Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2, 2016: 67–140
  • [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 100 Plate 19, 21
Site
Ǧabal Ġunaym, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0040341
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