INAS 65
Text Information
- Siglum
- INAS 65
- Transliteration
-
l ġnṯ bn ʿmd bn hmlk h- ʿr
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- Translation
-
By Ġnṯ son of ʿmd son of Hmlk 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
- OCIANA
- Associated Inscriptions
- 66-67
- [INAS] Al-ʿInizī [Al-Inizy], M.ʿA.H. Nuqūš ʿarabiyyah šamāliyyah qadīmah min šamāl al-mamlakah al-ʿarabiyyah al-saʿūdiyyah dirāsah taḥlīliyah muqāranah. MA Thesis Yarmouk University. 1427/2006.
- 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
- Saudi Arabia
- Date Found
- 1994-2005
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0032446
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16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA,. 'INAS 65.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/40609. Accessed: 04 Oct, 2025.