C 1601

Siglum
C 1601
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 358 a
Transliteration
(l) ʾ(s¹) bn ʿzzt {h}- ʿ(y){r}
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Translation
{By} {ʾs¹} son of ʿzzt is {the} {hybrid}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: h- ʿlb for {h}- ʿ(y){r}
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).

  • 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.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Zalaf (b) “Near the track leading to Ǧabal Says" (C p. 209)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0004806
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