WH 2448

Siglum
WH 2448
Transliteration
l ʿl h- ʿr bn ẓr
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Translation
By ʿl son of Ẓr is the hybrid
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Language and Script
Safaitic

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).

Editio Princeps
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

  • [BES18] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 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.
  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0013327
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA