CSNS 1159

Siglum
CSNS 1159
Transliteration
l ----mn bn bʿmh h- ʿr w h- ʾtn
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Translation
This hybrid and this female ass belong to [...]mn son of Bʿmh
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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.

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [CSNS] Clark, V.A. A Study of New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Melbourne. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979 [1983].
  • 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.
Site
CSNS Site P (Qāʿ Abū al-Ḥuṣayn), Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0016115
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