WH 3549

Interpretation

Commentary: The text has been much altered and the only the first name is certain. The seventh eighth and ninth letters are obscured by over-scratchings. The fourteenth letter seems to have been altered from a h to a ʾ by the addition of an extra heavier side-stroke. The next sign seems originally to have been a hooked l like that in mlkt but a heavy circle has been added at the other end of the stem and a lighter line joining the end of the hook back to the stem. By contrast the penultimate sign seems to have started off a h but the side strke was then scratched over to make it look like a r. However none of this can be certain.

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

Updated 16 Sep, 2024