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AbaNS 119

Siglum
AbaNS 119
Transliteration
l ẓby bn ʾrb h- ʿr
Translation
By Ẓby son of ʾrb 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
Wādī al-Ghuṣein
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
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Technique
Copy only

Associated Drawings
AbaNS 119 d/1
Associated Inscriptions

  • ʿAbābnah [Ababneh], M.I. Neue safaitische Inschriften und deren bildliche Darstellung. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 6). Aachen: Shaker, 2005.
  • 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
Wādī al-Ġuṣayn Cairn 41, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1991
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0024881
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