Sigla: JSTham 513; Winnett 1937: 23; van den Branden 1950: 293–294; Ph 280.ar.2; Esk. 055  Script: Taymanitic

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Transliteration
1: lm rḥml/b bs¹rt/ḥl/b ddn

Translation
1: By Rḥml son of Bs¹rt, he camped at Ddn

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION
Jaussen & Savignac: 'By Murrḥamad in Bus¹rat'.

Commentary
The inscription is written in a single line which curves downwards from right-to-left. The final letter is entangled with the two left front legs of a drawing of a scorpion.

Van den Branden 1956, ii: 60 equates this text with Philby 280 ar. Note that there are two inscriptions labelled “ar” on the plate showing Philby's copies (ibid. Pl. XI). The one equivalent to JSTham 513 is on the last line. We have labelled it “Philby 280 ar 2”.

Subjects
Genealogy Camping Place-name

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: Tabūk
Site: Al-Khabū al-Sharqī Alif, near to Taymāʾ
Map reference: Eskoubi (1999: 91): 27 30 91.1 N 38 39 44.5 E No TS_13 co-ordinates
Latitude: 27.30911
Longitude: 38.39445
Present Location: In situ

References:
[Esk] Eskūbī [Eskoubi] Ḫ.M. Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah li-nuqūš min minṭaqah (rum) ǧanūb ġarb taymāʾ. [English title: An Analytical and Comparative Study of Inscriptions from “Rum” region, South West of Tayma. Riyāḍ: wazīrat al-maʿārif, waqālat al-āṯār wa-l-matāḥif, 1999. Pages: 112–113

[JSTham] Jaussen, A. & Savignac, M.R. Mission archéologique en Arabie. I. (Mars-Mai 1907) De Jérusalem au Hedjaz, Médain Saleh. II. El-ʿEla, d'Hégra à Teima Harrah de Tebouk. Texte et Atlas. III. Les châteaux arabes de Quṣeir ʿAmra, Ḫarâneh, et Tûba. (5 volumes). (Publications de la Société Française des Fouilles Archéologiques, 2). [Reprinted Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1997]. Paris: Leroux/Geuthner, 1909–1920. Volume: II Pages: 602 Plates: CXLVII

[Philby] Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956. Volume: II Pages: 60 Plates: XI

Winnett, F.V. A Study of the Liḥyanite and Thamudic Inscriptions. (University of Toronto Studies - Oriental Series, 3). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1937. Pages: 23 Plates: III

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