Taymāʾ III: Catalogue of the Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum and Other Collections
Edited by Michael C.A. Macdonald Edited by Muhammad al-Najem Contributions by Frédéric Imbert Contributions by Jérôme Norris Contributions by Peter Stein
Hardback (Published)
(August 2025)
ISBN: 9781803279459
8.27 x 11.69 inches
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This volume catalogues 131 inscriptions from the Taymāʾ oasis, housed in local and international collections. Edited by leading scholars, it features texts in multiple ancient scripts and languages, with significant new editions of key religious monuments and comprehensive indices of all known Taymāʾ inscriptions.
Tayma’ III presents a catalogue of the inscriptions which were kept in the Tayma’ Museum until 2017 as well as all known inscriptions from Tayma’ in other collections, such as the National Museum in Riyad and the Musee du Louvre in Paris. The catalogue contains 102 inscriptions from the Tayma’ Museum in various languages and scripts, as well as 29 other inscriptions. Michael C.A. Macdonald has not only edited the volume, but also the inscriptions in Imperial Aramaic, Tayma’ Aramaic, Nabataean, and the Taymanitic language and script. With Peter Stein’s updated reading of the Tayma’ stone and Jerome Norris’ new edition of the Qasr al-Hamra stele, the two most important monuments for the religious history of Tayma’ in the mid-1st millennium BC are also included in this volume. Frederic Imbert has edited the Arabic inscriptions from the Tayma’ Museum. The indices contain the words and names of all known texts from the Tayma’ oasis, i.e. those discovered during the Saudi-German excavations between 2004 and 2015 (published in Tayma’ II, including the cuneiform inscriptions of King Nabonidus of Babylon) and those edited in this volume. With these two volumes of the Tayma’ excavation series, all currently accessible inscriptions that originate from this major north-west Arabian oasis, or very likely from there, are published in printed and digital form.
Foreword – Abdullah A. Alzahrani
Preface – Arnulf Hausleiter, Ricardo Eichmann
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Layout of the Catalogue
The Catalogue
Part 1: Inscriptions from Taymāʾ in the Taymāʾ Museum
The Imperial Aramaic Inscriptions (TM.IA.)
The Taymāʾ Aramaic Inscriptions (TM.TAr.)
The Nabataean Inscriptions (TM.N.)
The Taymanitic Inscriptions (TM.T.)
The Minaic Inscription (TM.M.) – Peter Stein
The Arabic Inscriptions (TM.A.) – Frédéric Imbert
A Query (TM.Q.)
Part 2: Inscriptions from Taymāʾ in Other Collections
1. Inscriptions from Taymāʾ in the National Museum, Riyāḍ Imperial Aramaic
2. Inscriptions from Taymāʾ in the Musée du Louvre, Paris Imperial Aramaic Inscriptions
3. Inscriptions from Taymāʾ the Present Location of which is Unknown
Appendix
Gravestones of Men and Women at Taymāʾ
Indexes of Words and Names in the Inscriptions in this Catalogue and the Catalogue of Inscriptions Discovered in the Saudi-German Excavations at Taymāʾ 2004–2015 (Taymāʾ II)
Lists of the Inscriptions
Sigla
References
Addenda et Corrigenda to Taymāʾ II
- Edited by Michael C.A. Macdonald
- Edited by Muhammad al-Najem
- Contributions by Frédéric Imbert
- Contributions by Jérôme Norris
- Contributions by Peter Stein
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