KRS 3199

Siglum
KRS 3199
Transliteration
l tlmy bn wd bn mdd h- ʿr
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Translation
By Tlmy son of Wd son of Mdd is the hybrid
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

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).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Top-to-bottom

Associated Signs
Cartouche around 3199–3201; 7 lines; 2 concentric circles with rays
Associated Drawings
KRS 3199 d/1
Associated Inscriptions

  • [KRS] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0023837
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA