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KRS 2108

Siglum
KRS 2108
Transliteration
l ʿm bn ----{f}{l} h- ʿ{r}
Translation
By ʿm son of ----{f}{l} is [the drawing of] the {hybrid}

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a chip after the n of bn and part of the last letter is damaged by abrasions. 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).

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
ʿ a dot
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Drawings
KRS 2108 d/1

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 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-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0022737
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