AbaNS 211

Text Information

Siglum
AbaNS 211
Transliteration
l ltm bn bhm h- ʿr
OCIANA
Translation
By Ltm son of Bhm is the hybrid
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AbaNS 211: ʿr "lion"
Commentary
If ʿr refers to the drawing it clearly cannot mean "hybrid", as in other texts and it is difficult to know how to interpret it. 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.

Technique
Copy only
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
A felid, possibly a lion (as in the text) though it looks more like a hyena.

  • [AbaNS] ʿAbābnah [Ababneh], M.I. Neue safaitische Inschriften und deren bildliche Darstellung. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 6). Aachen: Shaker, 2005.
Site
Site 9 Zumaylāt Harūn, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1999
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0024975
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024