WH 79

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: WH: ḥnn "and show pity" for ḥll
Commentary: WH reads the verb in this inscription as an imperative. It is more likely a third person singular as imperatives usually follow a subject introduced by the vocative h-. Moreover, the final two strokes of this word are rather elongated, virtually identical in length to the /l/ in {ḫ}lm, suggesting that we should read the verb as ḥll. The expression" PN and he camped X" is very common while "PN and he showed mercy X" is unknown.

Provenance: WH Cairn 2 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: OCIANA

Associated Signs

wasm

Associated Remains

Cairn

Associated Inscriptions

Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.