WH 2487

Interpretation

Commentary: Several of the letters have been carefully altered by a "vandal" to make them different from those of the original inscription. Thus, both examples of b have been turned into k by the addition of a side-stroke, the ends of the fork of the first h have been joined to make it into a y, a horizontal stroke has been added to the end of the stem of the second h making it into a cross between a h and a z, and a short side-stroke has been added to the end of the final letter to change it from a y to a ṣ. There are some stray letters on the rock which do not seems to be inscriptions.

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 Signs

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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