SIJ 436
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 436
- Transliteration
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l ẓnn bn ʾb bn ḥnn bn ʾmt w l- -h h- s¹f{r} {r}ʿ{y} h- ʿr
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- Translation
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By Ẓnn son of ʾb son of Ḥnn son of ʾmt and the {writing} is his. He {pastured} (?) the hybrid
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- See Macdonald (in press, a) for the reasons for translating ʿ(y)r in Safaitic as a hybrid, that is a "mule" (the offspring of a male donkey x female horse) or a "hinny" (the offspring of a male horse x female donkey).
- Editio Princeps
- Ed. pr.
- Macdonald, M.C.A. Horses, asses, hybrids, and their uses in the ancient rock-art of the Syro-Arabian desert. in K. Linduff & P. Raulwing (eds), Equids in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and Arabia. Proceedings of a conference in memory of Mary Aitken Littauer. Oxford: BAR, 2019.
- [SIJ] Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
- Site
- Ǧāwā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0017124
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16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'SIJ 436.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/12088. Accessed: 07 Jun, 2025.