BTH 251
Text Information
- Siglum
- BTH 251
- Transliteration
-
l ʾs¹lm bn ʾḥs¹n h- ʿr
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- Translation
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By ʾs¹lm son of ʾḥs¹n is the hybrid
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
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).
- Associated Drawings
- BTH 251 d/1
- 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
- Tall Ḥibā, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0020218
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA,. 'BTH 251.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/21499. Accessed: 14 Aug, 2025.