WTay 17

Siglum: WTay 17
Alternative Sigla: Kootstra 2016: 80–81
Transliteration: ʿlʾl b ʾs¹gr n{ṣ}r b- ḍr ʾ----k----{b}
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Translation: ʿlʾl son of ʾs¹gr {kept watch} in the war against ʾ----k----{b}
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Language and Script: Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT WTay 17 followed by Kootstra: ns³r for n(ṣ)r; Kootstra: ʾs¹gt rather than ʾs¹gr. TRANSLATION WTay 17: "he fell in the war against" for "{he kept watch} in the war against".
Commentary: There is no photograph available for this text. Note that, in the commentary to this text, Winnett (1970: 102) suggests that "in view of the frequent occurrence of nṣr b- ḍr in these texts, the sign read as ṯ may be an aberrant form of ṣ, or the copy may be at fault."

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 102 Plate 19

Updated 16 Sep, 2024