Sumatar Revisited: The Long Inscription of 165 ce
Drijvers and Healey's inscription As37, here dated precisely to 9 February 165 ce , records the act whereby a ‘sapling’ was ‘planted’ for the moon-god at Sumatar. It is argued that the memorial is also a legal instrument, designed to ensure the conservation of a wooden monument. Half a century...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-92 |
| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HH Archaeology KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | Drijvers and Healey's inscription As37, here dated precisely to 9 February 165 ce , records the act whereby a ‘sapling’ was ‘planted’ for the moon-god at Sumatar. It is argued that the memorial is also a legal instrument, designed to ensure the conservation of a wooden monument. Half a century of research is reviewed and five new readings are offered, based on better photographs and drawings. A new translation, supported by a commentary, is offered, as follows: ‘We […] planted this sapling on this blessed mountain on 9 February [A.G.] 476 and we set up rations for whoever nurses it. Anyone is entitled to become Steward after Governor Tīrdad and issue rations to whoever is going to nurse it. He will have his reward from Mārēlāhē. But if he withholds the rations and the sapling suffers harm, the god himself will bring (him) down!’ |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgu032 |