Is.H 708
Text Information
- Siglum
- Is.H 708
- Transliteration
-
l s¹krn bn ḥmlg bn ʿḏ h- ʿr
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- Translation
-
By S¹krn son of Ḥmlg son of ʿḏ 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).
- [Is.H] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Hussein Zeinaddin, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2002, 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-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1996–2002
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0029316
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'Is.H 708.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/5729. Accessed: 09 Jun, 2025.