Achish-Ikausu in the Light of the Ekron Dedication
For more than a century the name Achish, the biblical king of Gath, has been associated with that of Ikausu, the seventh-century B. C. king of Ekron known from Assyrian sources. Now, with the discovery in Ekron of the royal dedicatory inscription of ʾkyš son of Padi, it is evident that the West Semi...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
1998
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1998, Volume: 310, Pages: 35-37 |
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| Summary: | For more than a century the name Achish, the biblical king of Gath, has been associated with that of Ikausu, the seventh-century B. C. king of Ekron known from Assyrian sources. Now, with the discovery in Ekron of the royal dedicatory inscription of ʾkyš son of Padi, it is evident that the West Semitic spelling of Ikausu was indeed ʾkyš. The forms Ikausu and ʾkyš must have been derived from *Ik(h)ayus/š, which eventually leads to Akhayus, i. e., ἈΧαιός or "Achaean," meaning "Greek." The article also deals with the possible contributions of this reconstruction to the discussion on the origin of the Philistines and to the relation between the names of biblical Achish and that of seventh-century B. C. Ikausu. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357576 |