AAWHA 43

Siglum: AAWHA 43
Transliteration: l lʿṯmn bn bḥtt w wgd ʾṯr tm f ts²wq
Translation: By Lʿṯmn son of Bḥtt and he found the traces of Tm and felt much longing ----

Interpretation

Commentary: AAWHA 41–45 are lightly incised with a very thin instrument on the lower half of the face. AAWHA 43 is on the left side of the face and curves upwards. After ts²wq there is a space and then above and to the left of it l ʾs¹ bn and below and to the left of it l ʾs¹ bn {ʿ/w}l{.}k. Since ts²wq can be followed by l or ʾl, and AAWHA 44 (below it) is by a tm bn ʾs¹, it is not clear whether either of these are continuations of this text or are incomplete separate texts.

Inscriptions recorded by Ali Al-Manaser in a tributary of Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī in September 2022