WTay 32

Text Information

Siglum
WTay 32
Alternative Sigla
Kootstra 2016: 92, 113–114, Ph 266.ad (lines 1–2)
Transliteration
b----ʿ nṣr l- ṣ[l]{m} nṣr hzb
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Translation
B----ʿ kept watch vigilantly on behalf of {Ṣlm}
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Language and Script
Taymanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT van den Branden: ʿbḏ ʿn ṣlm ----ʿrr---- rather than b----ʿ nṣr l- ṣ[l]{m} nṣr hzb; Winnett & Reed: hḏb rather than hzb. TRANSLATION nṣr l- ṣ[l]{m}, Winnett & Reed: '(he) gave assistance to Ṣlm'. DISCUSSION Winnett 1980: 133–134, on nṣr l- ṣlm.
Commentary
Very uncertain. The text is written 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 105 Plate 20, 22
Site
Ǧabal Ġunaym, near to Taymāʾ, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Religion, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0040365
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