Sigla: JSTham 495; Winnett 1937: 22; van den Branden 1950: 289; Ph 280.am; Esk. 044 (line 2)  Script: Taymanitic

Transliteration
1: ykfrl
2: ʾs¹ ʾtw

Translation
1: Ykfrl,
2: leader of ʾtw

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Line 2. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Winnett, van den Branden and Eskoubi: ʾḫr for ʾtw.

DISCUSSION
Macdonald 1992: 30–31, for the interpretation of ʾs¹ as 'leader'.

Commentary
Read separately by Jaussen & Savignac (1909–1920, ii: 598), but as one text with Esk. 44.1 (= JSTham 497) by Eskoubi.
The reading is from left-to-right.

Subjects
Name only

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: 100–101

[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: 598 Plates: CXLVII

Macdonald, M.C.A. North Arabian Epigraphic Notes I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 3, 1992: 23-43. Pages: 30–31

[Ph] Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Philby. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 39 and 41). Louvain: Institut orientaliste, 1956. Volume: 2 Pages: 59 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: 22 Plates: III

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