WH 2465

Siglum: WH 2465
Transliteration: l bḥrh bn ms¹kʾ h b{n} {ʾ}ṯʿ w rʿy h- mdbr
Translation: By Bḥrh son of Ms¹kʾ {son of} {ʾṯʿ} and {he pastured} the {inner desert}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: WH: l bḥrh bn ms¹kʾl h yṯʿ w rʿy h- mrg "By Bḥrh son of Ms¹kʾl O Yṯʿ. He pastured the grass-covered steppe".
Commentary: The text is covered with extraneous scratches and hammering. Note that what WH took as the l after ms¹kʾ is actually the b of bn before the third name {ʾ}ṯʿ. The lower fork of the ʾ of this name is difficult to make out on the photograph. In the word rʿy both the ʿ and the loop of the y have been filled in, as has the loop of the d of mdbr.

Provenance: WH Cairn 34 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

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.
Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here