The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria

114 paolo merlo 4.3 The Account of a Battle among the Old aramaic inscriptions, only the fragmentary inscription discovered at t ...

literature 115 of Damascus. Being most likely a usurper, Zakkur makes no mention of any ancestor kings (unlike Kai 310, cf. infr ...

116 paolo merlo and greatness” (lines 10–11). in these lines the (superior) present time is referred to as “in my days” (bymy: l ...

literature 117 saying that he “made it better than the palace of any great kings” and that the previous kings of Samʾal have nev ...

118 paolo merlo in an emphatic initial position (“i am Zakkur, King of hamath and Luʿaš... .” Kai 202 a: 2; cf. also Kai 214). t ...

literature 119 5.2 Funerary Inscriptions funerary inscriptions were usually written on monumental stelae or on coffins. the main ...

120 paolo merlo arkūti... uṣṣipamma).... My descendants (lit.: sons of the son of the son of the son of the son) to the fourth g ...

literature 121 of an inscription or open the grave, while in treaties they are threats to ensure that nobody will break the stip ...

122 paolo merlo nurses anoint their breasts and nurse a young boy, and may he not have his fill.. .”).45 the tell fekheriye insc ...

literature 123 both arise the next morning (Num 22: 13. 21) and report the divine mes- sage to their visitors (Num 22: 9). furth ...

124 paolo merlo and 6th centuries B.c.,52 the language of the proverbs seems older and can be dated around the 8th and 7th centu ...

literature 125 (no. 95); animal fables: “the leopard met the goat and she was naked; the leopard answered and said to the goat: ...

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chapter six religion herbert niehr introduction1 a systematic approach to presenting the religion of the aramaeans of syria is ...

128 herbert niehr the religion of the aramaeans of syria must be examined from vari- ous perspectives. these perspectives focus ...

religion 129 adini, with the cities til Barsib (tell aḥmar) and hadattu (arslan tash); and Baliḫ (also known as Ḫuzirina), with ...

130 herbert niehr the various relief panels of Kapara’s palace (pl. Viia–c) allow further insight into the city’s pantheon. of t ...

religion 131 guzana and of sikani and of azran. For continuing17 his throne, (14) and for the length of his life and so that his ...

132 herbert niehr he procures pastures, victuals, and offerings for all the deities; and he lets all countries be bountiful (lin ...

religion 133 is that the cult came from southern Mesopotamia, possibly from Ur, and migrated from there to harran. another holds ...