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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WTay 17

Text Information

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

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."

  • 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
  • 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
Genealogy, Warfare, Watch (keeping)
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0040346
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