Language | Aramaic » Middle Aramaic » Nabataean |
Alphabet | Aramaic |
Script typology | Graffito |
3 | S. al-Theeb reads an ʾ at the end of ʿlm (ʿlmʾ) but this X sign is not a letter. It is a symbol which is sometimes found either before or at the end of texts, as in Ar 129. |
English | |
1 May Tymw son of Rwfs 2 and Ḥyw son of Nʿrt be remembered in well-being 3 and may they be safe for ever. |
Link to object record |
Modern site | as-Sīj |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Northwest Arabia |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Link to site record |
al-Theeb 2011: 353, no. 5, fig. 2 | al-Theeb, Solaiman Abdal-Rahman 2011. New Nabataean inscriptions from the site of al-Sīj in the region of al-‘Ulā, Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 41: 349-370. |