WH 3531

Interpretation

Commentary: WH read this as the continuation of 3532 but this is very unlikely since the latter is enclosed in a cartouche. The beginning of 3531 is hidden under earth and a stone. The text has been extensively altered. It seems likely that the upper circle of the third visible latter was added later. Unlike the lower one it has been drawn around the bottom of the stem rather than added onto its end. It therefore seems likely that the letter was originally a y. The next letter is a s¹ with a very lightly scratched line near it. WH took this a spart of the letter and read it as ḥ. The l and m of ys¹lm are clear. The shape of the following sign is suspicious with its flattened right-hand edge and it seems likely that it is a bn the letters of which have been joined and then a cross stroke added to make it into a w. The following sign is 90° ḥ with the bottom crossed by the line of the cartouche around 3532 and the final sign is clearly a g rather than two l's.What is between the ḥ and g is unclear on the photograph.

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