Posted on 11/18/2008 7:04:41 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The inscription reads in part: "I, Kuttamuwa, servant of Panamuwa, am the one who oversaw the production of this stele for myself while still living. I placed it in an eternal chamber(?) and established a feast at this chamber(?): a bull for [the storm-god] Hadad, ... a ram for [the sun-god] Shamash, ... and a ram for my soul that is in this stele. …" It was written in a script derived from the Phoenician alphabet and in a local West Semitic dialect similar to Aramaic and Hebrew. It is of keen interest to linguists as well as biblical scholars and religious historians because it comes from a kingdom contemporary with ancient Israel that shared a similar language and cultural features...
in front of the stele were remains of food offerings and fragments of polished stone bowls of the type depicted on Kuttamuwa's table...
Kuttamuwa and his king, Panamuwa, had non-Semitic names, reflecting the migration of Indo-European speakers into the region centuries earlier under the Hittite Empire based in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), which had conquered the region.
But by the eighth century B.C., they were speaking the local West Semitic dialect and were fully integrated into local culture.
(Excerpt) Read more at newswise.com ...
A stone slab found in Turkey by a University of Chicago expedition reveals the first evidence for a belief in the region for the soul existing outside the body. People believed the soul lived in the stone. [University of Chicago]The NY Times article on this find refers to its Luwian origins.
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Photo of the last time Republicans controlled government in the USA!!!
Blasphemy! We all know that The Obama is The One (piss be unto him).
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Lycian Influence To The Indian Cave Temples
Guide to the Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent | spring of 2000 | Takeo Kamiya
Posted on 07/11/2005 10:37:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Who Were the Hurrians?
Archaeology Magazine | July/August 2008 | Andrew Lawler
Posted on 06/25/2008 6:23:45 PM PDT by blam
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Non-Attic Characters
University of California, Irvine, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae | September 7 2003 (rev 9-28-2003) | Nick Nicholas
Posted on 07/18/2004 6:43:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Aw, urinal fun. /rimshot!
Before his death Evel Knievel made arrangements to be buried in his hometown of Butte, Montana – and plans are now underway for a funeral in front of tens of thousands.
“Zincirli is a remarkable site,” said Gil Stein, Director of the Oriental Institute. “Because no other cities were built on top of it, we have excellent Iron Age materials right under the surface. It is rare also in having written evidence together with artistic and archaeological evidence from the Iron Age. Having all of that information helps an archaeologist study the ethnicity of the inhabitants, trade and migration, as well as the relationships of the groups who lived there.”
Zincirli.LINK. Zincirli (Sam'al) Sam'al was the capital of the Late Hittite kingdom of the area from about 10th centurty to 7th century BCE. It was first excavated by German Oriental Society between 1888 and 1902. They found a heavily fortified citadel within a larger double walled fortification with 100 bastions and three gates. Excavations revealed giant statues of lions, numerous orthostats and inscriptions in Aramaic, Phoenician, Luwian, and Akkadian. Most of the finds are in Istanbul Archeology Museum and Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin.
Kings of Sam'al Gabbar, contemporary of Salmanassar III (858-824) Bamah, son of Gabbar Chajan, son of Bamah (before 830) Kilamuwa, son of Chajan around 830 Panammuwa I. Qaral Panammuwa II, son of Qaral (around 750) Barrakib Usurpator, till 738 Panammû II († 732) Son Pammuhûs, 732-?
Barrakib and the Scribe Sam'al King Barrakib is sitting on the throne, before him stands the scribe with a writing board under his arm. The Aramaic inscription next to king head reads: "I am Barrakib, son of Panammuwa." The inscription by the moon-disk reads: "My Lord, Ba'al of Harran". The basalt stele dates from about 730 BC. Das Vorderasiatische Museum, Berlin.
A reconstruction of the citadel, drawn by Robert Koldewey, a German archaeologist who excavated Zincirli in the 1890s
...Baal signifies "the god the lord", or "the owner and was a term applied to the chief or ruler of one of the primitive groups of nameless deities 1; his spouse was called "Baalath", "the lady". The Baal of Tyre was Melkarth; the Baal of Harran was Sin, the moon god; the Baal of Tarsus was an atmospheric or wind god; the Baal of Heaven was the sun god. 2 There were as many Baals in Asia as there were Horuses in Egypt...
...God of Israel is contrasted with "the Baal" when Elijah, after exposing and slaying Baal's false prophets (1 Kings, xviii), took refuge in a cave.
Behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice (1 Kings, xix, 11-12).
Baal was thus "the lord" of wind, earthquake, and fire. "In Egypt", says Wiedemann, 1 "Baal was regarded as a god of the sky--a conception which fairly corresponds to his original nature--and as a great but essentially a destructive deity."
On a mission to explore deepest Lycia Where Greek language has left its mark
Ekathimerini (english edition) | Dec 30 2005 | Christina Kokkinia
Posted on 12/30/2005 11:40:22 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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Arzawa
The House of David | circa 2002 | David R Ross
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