KhS 13

Interpretation

Commentary: KhS connects ʿd to the Arabic ʿwd "to return." He also suggests that it could be connected to ʿadā "to antagonize", referring to the herds in the drawing. The absence of the medial glide in Safaitic II-weak verbs is attested but the glide of III-weak verbs is consistently preserved, making the latter explanation unlikely. The edition points out that the position of the sun in the drawing indicates that the hunt was carried out in early dawn. image not available

Associated Drawings: A hunting scene with four gazelles and a A hunting scene depicting three gazelles fleeing from a horseman with a very long spear.; The position of the sun in the background indicates that it is early dawn.

[KhS] Al-Khraysheh, F. Al-ṣayd ʿind al-ʿarab al-ṣafāʾiyīn qabl al-islām. Journal of Epigraphy and Rock Drawings 1, 2007: 9-28.

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