Ellie,
Pity the source is so late. I'll have to look into its sources and antecedents if I can find time one of these days.
Still a very nice similarity at first glance, and I'm guessing it came from the same region as that critter I posited for this animal, too.
Cheers.
btw, Arabic isn't a language I'm especially familiar with; most of what I've learned came from having to read Jurdak's dictionary of astronomical terms. Which reminds me - I must ask if any member is willing to translate the rest of the terms for my 'Theriac' page; the Islamic doctor who began to do so finds himself now unable to, due to 'pressure of work'.
Pity the source is so late. I'll have to look into its sources and antecedents if I can find time one of these days.
Still a very nice similarity at first glance, and I'm guessing it came from the same region as that critter I posited for this animal, too.
Cheers.
btw, Arabic isn't a language I'm especially familiar with; most of what I've learned came from having to read Jurdak's dictionary of astronomical terms. Which reminds me - I must ask if any member is willing to translate the rest of the terms for my 'Theriac' page; the Islamic doctor who began to do so finds himself now unable to, due to 'pressure of work'.