Taymāʾ II: Catalogue of the Inscriptions Discovered in the Saudi-German Excavations at Taymāʾ 2004–2015

Edited by Michael C.A. Macdonald Contributions by Arnulf Hausleiter Contributions by Frédéric Imbert Contributions by Hanspeter Schaudig Contributions by Peter Stein Contributions by Francelin Tourtet Contributions by Martina Trognitz

Extent: 272 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Taymā’: Multidisciplinary Series on the Results of the Saudi-German Archaeological Project

Language: English

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(March 2021)

ISBN: 9781789698763

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The Catalogue contains all inscriptions discovered during 24 seasons of Saudi-German excavations at Tayma?, 2004-15. The 113 objects carry inscriptions in different languages and scripts, including Babylonian cuneiform, Imperial Aramaic inscriptions, Arabic inscriptions and more, illustrating the linguistic diversity of the oasis through time.

Tayma’ II is a Catalogue which contains all the inscriptions discovered during the 24 seasons of the Saudi- German excavations at Tayma’ from 2004-15 which were funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The 113 objects carry inscriptions in different languages and scripts, illustrating the linguistic diversity of the oasis through time. Although the majority are fragmentary, they provide an important source for the history of the oasis in ancient and mediaeval times. The Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions in this volume confirm for the first time the ten-year sojourn at Tayma’ of the last Babylonian king Nabu-na’id (556-539 BC). In addition, Imperial Aramaic inscriptions dated by the reigns of Lihyanite kings, based at Dadan (modern al-‘Ula), reveal for the first time that they ruled Tayma’ at a period in the second half of the first millennium BC. As well as editing the volume, Michael C. A. Macdonald edited the Imperial Aramaic inscriptions found from 2010-15, plus those in the form of the Aramaic script which developed in Tayma’, and the Nabataean, Dadanitic, and Taymanitic texts. In addition, Hanspeter Schaudig edited the cuneiform inscriptions; Peter Stein, the Imperial Aramaic texts found from 2004-09; and Frederic Imbert, the Arabic inscriptions. Arnulf Hausleiter and Francelin Tourtet provided archaeological contributions, while Martina Trognitz curated the virtual edition of many of the texts recorded by RTI. The indexes contain the words and names from all known texts from the oasis, including those in the Tayma’ Museum and other collections which will be published as Tayma’ III.

Foreword - Abdullah A. Alzahrani Preface by the Series Editors - Arnulf Hausleiter, Ricardo Eichmann, Muhammad Al-Najem Introduction Inscription sigla, editorial symbols, and dimensions The Catalogue Section 1. Cuneiform texts from the Saudi-German Excavations at Tayma' Seasons 2004-2015 - Hanspeter Schaudig Section 2. Die reichsaramaischen Inschriften der Kampagnen 2005-2009 aus Tayma' - Peter Stein Section 3. The Imperial Aramaic inscriptions found in the 2010-2015 seasons Section 4. Texts in three different forms of the Aramaic script On the iconography of the 'Great Nephesh' TA 10277 from Tayma - Arnulf Hausleiter Section 5. The Tayma' Aramaic inscriptions Section 6. The Nabataean inscriptions Section 7. The Dadanitic inscriptions Section 8. The Taymanitic inscriptions Section 9. The Arabic inscriptions from the Saudi-German Excavations at Tayma' 2004-2015 - Fre'de'ric Imbert Section 10. Queries Appendices Appendix A. Gravestones of men and women at Tayma' Appendix B. Eskoubi 1999, no. 272 Appendix C. On the publication of inscriptions from the Saudi-German excavations at Tayma' by means of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) - Martina Trognitz Combined indexes of words and names in the inscriptions in this Catalogue and the Catalogue of Inscriptions in the Tayma' Museum (Tayma' III) Index of words and Names in the Akkadian inscriptions from the oasis of Tayma' - Hanspeter Schaudig Index of words and names in the Imperial Aramaic, Tayma' Aramaic, and Nabataean inscriptions from the oasis of Tayma' Index of words and names in the Dadanitic and Taymanitic inscriptions from the oasis of Tayma' Index of words and names in the Minaic inscription Index of words and names in the Arabic inscriptions Lists of the inscriptions Sigla References, Foreword – Abdullah A. Alzahrani ;

Preface by the Series Editors – Arnulf Hausleiter, Ricardo Eichmann, Muhammad Al-Najem Introduction ;

Inscription sigla, editorial symbols, and dimensions ;

The CatalogueHanspeter SchaudigPeter SteinArnulf HausleiterFrédéric Imbert AppendicesMartina Trognitz Combined indexes of words and names in the inscriptions in this Catalogue and the Catalogue of Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum (Taymāʾ III)Hanspeter Schaudig Sigla ;

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Edited by Michael C.A. Macdonald

Contributions by Arnulf Hausleiter

Contributions by Frédéric Imbert

Contributions by Hanspeter Schaudig

Contributions by Peter Stein

Contributions by Francelin Tourtet

Contributions by Martina Trognitz

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Taymāʾ III: Catalogue of the Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum and Other Collections
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Taymā’ I: Archaeological Exploration, Palaeoenvironment, Cultural Contacts
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