KWQ 21

Text Information

Siglum
KWQ 21
Transliteration
l {s²}ḫt {b}{n} qdm{ʾ}l ---- ʿr
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Translation
By {S²ḫt} {son of} {Qdmʾl}---- hybrid
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters have been joined which makes them difficult to read. It is impossible to identify the signs immediately before ʿr. 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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Special Features
Ligatures
Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
An ass-like equid
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [KWQ] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King at Wādī Qaṭṭāfī, north-eastern Jordan, and published here.
  • 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
Survey site Tell 1, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0024164
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA