WH 2870

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: WH: w rʿy h- ʾfr h- ʿn w ---- for
Commentary: Note that l in this text is a straight line with no hook at either end and r is straight line with a hook at one or both ends. Moreover, what WH read as the ʿ in rʿy is a hole in the rock and what they read as y in the same word is a l with a mark near the top which on close examination does not seem to be part of the letter (see some of the photographs). What WH read as another ʿ before the n towards the end of the text is also a mark rather than a letter. Unfortunately we have not been able to interpret this section of the inscription.

Provenance: WH Cairn 39 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

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