AbaNS 881

Siglum: AbaNS 881
Transliteration: l ḫzr bn frs¹ h- ʿr w yqr w gly ʾrḍt
Translation: By Ḫzr son of Frs¹ is the hybrid and he is cold and cut off in this land

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: AbaNS 881: and he watched/seeking water and he left [the/this] place/land
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). The translation of w yqr w gly ʾrḍt is that of Al-Jallad 2015: 182.

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Al-Jallad, A.M. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
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.