AbaNS 427

Text Information

Siglum
AbaNS 427
Transliteration
l zhd bn ʿmr w h- ʿr
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Translation
By Zhd son of ʿmr and [his is] the hybrid
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AbaNS 427: l zhd bn ʿmrw h- ʿr
Commentary
It seems most likely that the w is a connective rather than an ending to the patronym although the latter is possible see KRS 127 where ʿmrw may occur. 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
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Technique
Copy only
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
2 rayed circles

  • [AbaNS] ʿAbābnah [Ababneh], M.I. Neue safaitische Inschriften und deren bildliche Darstellung. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 6). Aachen: Shaker, 2005.
  • 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
Site 13 on the survey, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2000
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0025193
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA