WH 3007

Interpretation

Commentary: This was published as WH 3007 a. At first sight, the second letter looks like a z but the short horizontal line is thicker and rougher than the rest of the letter and is almost certainly an addition. On the other hand, to read y with WH requires the assumption that the loop of the letter has disappeared in the chip of the rock at the base of the letter. Either bn ml{k} is an afterthought or was added later (note the differences in the forms of the m's) or the ʾl of the first name is an addition since the bn follows the m of the first name rather than the l.

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

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.