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KWQ 20

Text Information

Siglum
KWQ 20
Transliteration
l s¹dyt bn zʿf h- ʿr
Translation
By S¹dyt son of Zʿf is the hybrid

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).

Provenance
Wādī Qattafi
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Signs
7 lines attached to the cartouche; 7 dots inside cartouche and 7 dots outside cartouche
Associated Drawings
KWQ 20 d/1
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
KWQ 21-22 (other face)

  • 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.
  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King at Wādī Qaṭṭāfī, north-eastern Jordan, and published here.
Site
Survey site Tell 1, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0024163
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