Echoes of the Baal Cycle in a Safaito-Hismaic Inscription
This article provides a new reading and interpretation of the undeciphered Ancient North Arabian inscription krs 2453. It is argued that the text is composed in a mixed Safaito-Hismaic script, and contains a three-line poem recounting the conflict between the Canaanite deities Baal and Mōt as known...
| Published in: | Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
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Ancient North Arabian
Old Arabic
En Avdat
Baal Cycle
Canaanite Mythology
Safaitic
Arabic Poetry
pre-Islamic Arabian religion
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article provides a new reading and interpretation of the undeciphered Ancient North Arabian inscription krs 2453. It is argued that the text is composed in a mixed Safaito-Hismaic script, and contains a three-line poem recounting the conflict between the Canaanite deities Baal and Mōt as known from the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. The inscription’s Ancient North Arabian context is also discussed, and its style and structure are examined in light of the ʿĒn ʿAvdat inscription, the only comparable Old Arabic text. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-2124 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15692124-12341267 |