W. J. Bankes and the Identification of the Nabataean Script - Khalili ...

54 N.N. LEWIS and M.C.A. MACDONALD
Syria 80 (2003)
The Nabataean inscriptions copied by Bankes in Wadd Mukattab78
Inscriptions 1-13 are described on the proof plate as coming from < Wady Makatleb >, an obvious printing
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Fig. 4. - Proof from a lithographic plate showing copies of Nabataean inscriptions
in Sinai made by Bankes (no° 1-13) and Linant de Bellefonds (nos 18-24).
78. Since, on Bankes' plates, one number often covers several inscriptions, and the numbering sequences vary from plate to plate,
we have numbered all the texts in this article in a continuous sequence. The following editorial conventions have been used in transliterating
the texts: { } for doubtful letters, [ ] for letters restored, < > for letters to be removed, and ---- to indicate where the copy appears to
be incomplete. Since short vowels and medial /a/ are not indicated in the Nabataean script, the vocalization ofthe names in the translations
is often uncertain and should be regarded as purely conventional.
79. These five texts originally appeared as n° 1 on Bankes' lithographed proof plate. This is shown here on Fig. 4, but with the
continuous sequence of numbering used in this article replacing the original numbers.
80. A concordance of the copies made by Bankes and others with the equivalent numbers in CIS II, will be found in Appendix C.
81. That is Seetzen (in 1807), Bankes (in 1815), Lepsius (in 1847), Lottin de Laval (in 1850), Benedite (in 1888-1890) and Euting
(in 1889).
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