ThNIS 11.1
ThNIS 11-12, facsimile
al-Theeb 2011: fig. 6
By kind permission of Solaiman al-Theeb
al-Theeb 2011: fig. 6
By kind permission of Solaiman al-Theeb
- ThNIS 11-12, facsimile
al-Theeb 2011: fig. 6
By kind permission of Solaiman al-Theeb - ThNIS 11-12 colour
By kind permission of Badr al-Faqayr - ThNIS 11-12
al-Theeb 2011: fig. 6
By kind permission of Badr al-Faqayr
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Aramaic » Middle Aramaic » Nabataean |
| Alphabet | Aramaic |
| Script typology | Graffito |
TEXT
1 dkyr šwrw br (n)ʿ(m)[...] ḥryʾ b-ṭb
| 1 | The photograph of the text is not clear and S. al-Theeb's tentative reading is given here. There seems to be three letters after {n}ʿm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 May Swrw son of {n}ʿ{m}[...] the freedman be remembered in well-being. |
| 1 | The word ḥryʾ is relatively clear on the photograph (except possibly the ʾ) and therefore the translation of this word by S. al-Theeb as “freedman” is the simplest one, the root Ḥ-R-Y being attested in other Nabataean inscriptions. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sīj |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Northwest Arabia |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Theeb 2011: 356, no. 11a, fig. 6 | 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. |