RWQ 7

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Siglum
RWQ 7
Transliteration
l wyḥh bn lḥyn h- ʿr
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Translation
By Wyḥh son of Lḥyn 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).

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Associated Remains
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  • [RWQ] Al-Rūsān [Al-Rousan, Rousan], M.M. Nuqūš ṣafawīyah min wādī qiṣṣāb bi-ʾl-urdun. Dirāsah maydānīyah taḥlīlīyah muqāranah. Unpublished doctoral thesis King Saʿūd University, Riyadh. 2004.
  • 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 Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0031935
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