Is.L 249

Text Information

Siglum
Is.L 249
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ h- ʿr bn ʿ{z}zt
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Translation
By ʾs¹ is the hybrid son of {ʿzzt}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 457: ʿzzt for ʿ{z}zt.
Commentary
Area A. The first z has been damaged and only the upper part of it is visible. 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
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Partly scratched and partly hammered cartouche
Associated Drawings
Drawing of a hybrid

  • [Is.L] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Laïla Nehmé, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–1996, and published here.
  • 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
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0026655
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA