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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KWQ 94

Text Information

Siglum
KWQ 94
Transliteration
l ṭrq bn ḥl h- ʿr bn khl
Translation
By Ṭrq son of Ḥl is the wild ass son of Khl

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

Special Letter Forms
ṭ vertical line with three horizontal lines i.e. turned 90°
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Signs
Cartouche surrounding the inscription and drawing with short lines attached at intervals
Associated Drawings
KWQ 94 d/1
Site
Survey site Tell 3, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0024247
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