HaNSB 79

Text Information

Siglum
HaNSB 79
Alternative Sigla
HaNS 79
Transliteration
l yḏn bn ʿmrt h- ʿr
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Translation
By Yḏn son of ʿmrt is the hybrid
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
The Ed. pr. does not provide a translation for or comment on the word ʿr.
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
Ed. pr.

Technique
Copy only
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
HaNSB 79 d/1
Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [HaNS] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾīyah ǧadīdah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah muqāranah wa-taḥlīl. Unpublished doctoral thesis submitted at the University of Baghdad, August 2001. 2001.
  • [HaNSB] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾiyyah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah wa-taḥlīl. Amman: Ward, 2010.
  • 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
Cairn 3, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0019342
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA