KhS 28

Siglum
KhS 28
Transliteration
l gfft bn mqḥn bn ʿmrn h- ʿr
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Translation
By Gfft son of Mqḥn son of ʿmrn is the hybrid
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhMNS: ʿr "ass" for "hybrid"
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). Unfortunately, the only available image is the photograph published in the editio princeps reproduced here.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving around edge of face

Associated Drawings
Two horsemen, one of them is spearing an oryx and the other is preparing to spear an animal which might also be an oryx
Associated Inscriptions

  • [KhS] Al-Khraysheh, F. Al-ṣayd ʿind al-ʿarab al-ṣafāʾiyīn qabl al-islām. Journal of Epigraphy and Rock Drawings 1, 2007: 9-28.
  • 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 Miqāṭ, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0030300
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA