WTay 20

Siglum
WTay 20
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 73, 114, Ph 266.a (1)
Transliteration
bhs²rkt nṣr b- ḍr ddn yr{ḫ} l- ṣlm
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Translation
Bhs²rkt kept watch in the war of Ddn, {a month} for Ṣlm
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT van den Branden: yrhl hlws¹ bn s²rkt nṣr b- ḍr ddn rather than bhs²rkt nṣr b- ḍr ddn yr{ḫ} l- ṣlm; Winnett: yrh for yr{ḫ}. DISCUSSION Winnett 1980: 133–134, on nṣr l- ṣlm.
Commentary
Within a cartouche with the last two letters outside it, suggesting that the cartouche may have been drawn before the inscription was finished. The text is carved boustrophedon starting from right-to-left in the lower line and then curve into the upper line.

  • 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 102–103 Plate 19, 22
Site
Ǧabal Ġunaym, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (other), Deity, Genealogy, Place-name, Religion, Time, Warfare, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0040351
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA