KhBG 97

Siglum
KhBG 97
Transliteration
l ʿmm bn nd h- ʿr
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Translation
By ʿmm son of Nd is the hybrid
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 97: "ndb" for "nd"
Commentary
The editor does not comment on the lack of a b after the d in the copy and it is possible that it could seen on the photograph but was accidentally omitted from the copy. 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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Technique
Copy only
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
KhBG 97 d/1
Associated Remains
Cairn 4

  • [KhBG] Al-Khraysheh, F.H. Nuqūš ṣafawiyah min biyār al-ġuṣayn. (Mudawwanat al-nuqūš al-urduniyah, 1). Irbid: Ǧāmiʿat al-yarmūk, 2002.
  • 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
Wādī and Biyār al-Ġuṣayn, Jordan
Date Found
01.07.1990-24.07.1990
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0017969
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

OCIANA, 'KhBG 97,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/23921. Accessed: 05 Mar, 2026.