WH 3855

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: WH: l yṯʿ bn rbn for {{l}} ----{{b}}{{n}} {{r}}{{b}}{{n}
Commentary: The letters are shown as clear on the copy but on the photograph it can be seen that they are badly hammered over to the extent that the lām auctoris and the first name form an indecipherable mess. It seems unlikely that the mark which WH take as an ʿ is in fact intentional. The rest of the text has been ligatured but the letters are distinguishable. After bkrt here is a short straight line in a completely different technique from the rest of the text and it seem unlikely that this was not part of the word, i.e. indicating "two young she-camels".

Provenance: WH Cairn 47 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.