A Blessing in the Phoenician Karatepe Inscription?
The inscription from Karatepe ( KAI 26) is a bilingual artefact in Luwian and Phoenician. Since both texts are written in a fluent and idiomatic manner, they must be interpreted independently. A comparison between them can be undertaken only after an independent reading. This way of approaching the...
| Publié dans: | Journal of Semitic studies |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Oxford University Press
[2015]
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| Dans: |
Journal of Semitic studies
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| Classifications IxTheo: | BC Religions du Proche-Orient ancien HH Archéologie KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord |
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| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | The inscription from Karatepe ( KAI 26) is a bilingual artefact in Luwian and Phoenician. Since both texts are written in a fluent and idiomatic manner, they must be interpreted independently. A comparison between them can be undertaken only after an independent reading. This way of approaching the texts calls into question the volitive interpretation of the so-called blessing in III:2-III:11 in the Phoenician version on the basis of the volitive meaning of the parallel Luwian section. Indeed, the presence of a blessing is unlikely in a royal Phoenician inscription because of its literary genre. Moreover, it is improbable that wbrk in II:2 begins a blessing since all other Phoenician inscriptions use the yiqtolybrk to introduce one. Lines III :2-11, rather than being a request for blessing, are a description of blessing and prosperity accorded to the city by Baal and the gods. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgv002 |