WH 2448
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2448
- Transliteration
- l ʿl h- ʿr bn ẓr
- Translation
- By ʿl son of Ẓr is the hybrid
Interpretation
- Commentary
- See Macdonald 2019 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).
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 34 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Associated Drawings
- A drawing of an animal which is presumably the ʿr mentioned in the text
- Associated Inscriptions
- WH 2447 and three hammered letters
- Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- 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.
- Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here
- Site
- WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013327
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