BM 122182.2
Text Information
- Siglum
- BM 122182.2
- Alternative Sigla
- RyBM 122182.2
- Transliteration
- l s¹mm bn s¹ny bn hmlk bn ḥrb h- ʿr
- Translation
- By S¹mm son of S¹ny son of Hmlk son of Ḥrb is the hybrid
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).
- Provenance
- Donated to the British Museum in 1931 by Sir Frederick Palmer
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Original Translation Credit
- Ed. pr
- Technique
- Scratched
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche around the inscriptions and drawings
- Associated Drawings
- A horseman, a hinny with rider and a camel
- Associated Inscriptions
- Ryckmans, G. Inscriptions ṣafaïtiques au British Museum et au Musée de Damas. Le Muséon 64, 1951: 83-91, pls 1-3.
- 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
- "Azraq-Asqwafeh ridge", 100 miles [160 Km] east of ʿAskar", The ḥarrah of north-east Jordan, Jordan
- Current Location
- British Museum (122182)
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0026144
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