WTay 32
Text Information
- Siglum
- WTay 32
- Alternative Sigla
- Ph 266.ad (lines 1–2); Kootstra 2016: 92, 113–114
- Transliteration
- b----ʿ nṣr l- ṣ[l]{m} nṣr hzb
- Translation
- B----ʿ kept watch vigilantly on behalf of {Ṣlm}
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.
- 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
- Winnett, F.V. A Reconsideration of Some Inscriptions from the Tayma Area. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 10, 1980: 133-140.
- Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956.
- 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
- Deity, Religion, Watch (keeping)
- Script
- Taymanitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0040365
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