Some Inscribed Horse Troughs of Sennacherib

MacGinnis, John

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“…If the reason for three hapax es in close succession was that rare words give the text an exotic feel, one wonders why the author would have chosen an Egyptian word rather than one of the many OP or Akkadian words available. A likely alternative could have been girimhilibû , a stone that features in opulent descriptions, with a root meaning “shiny” and which has a colour that “resembles pomegranate” (Oppenheim 1958, 74; Dalley 2013, 138–39; Delitzsch 1914, 92; MacGinnis 1989, 189) rather than being dark grey.…”

Section: A Critique Of the Standard Etymologies For טהבmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It appears the author has made an effort not to use the available vocabulary for palatial stones. MacGinnis (1989, 191) suggests there were “religious” purposes to the stones, each having a unique signification. 15 It makes little sense for a Hebrew author, in a passage that openly mocks and puts down King Ahasuerus, to include what is little more than royal propaganda.…”

Section: Persian Palatial Vocabularymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hapax Legomena in Esther 1.6: Translation Difficulties and Comedy in the Book of Esther

Lees

2017

The Bible Translator

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Containing one of the highest counts of hapax legomena for the length of text in the Hebrew Bible, the book of Esther has posed certain challenges to translators. Three of these hapax legomena (טהב, רד, תרחס) have been particularly difficult and unsatisfactorily translated as kinds of stone as adornments to the banquets in the palace in Susa. Various commentaries offer differing translations of different kinds of stone, whilst arguing such translations. This paper argues that these hapax legomena describe royal carpets that, in line with motifs from Greek literature, function as a comedic device in the Hebrew text of Esther. Translating טהב, רד, and תרחס to refer to carpets best fits the etymological evidence and literary style of the banquet scenes.

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Section: A Critique Of the Standard Etymologies For טהבmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Persian Palatial Vocabularymentioning

confidence: 99%

Hapax Legomena in Esther 1.6: Translation Difficulties and Comedy in the Book of Esther

Lees

2017

The Bible Translator

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“…One might, in view of the parallel listing of susdnu followed by [rab] 5 For the term uru "a stable" and "a team" see Deller 1958;Davies 1989. Both have the plural urate (for "stable" see MacGinnis 1989, where there is no compelling reason to translate the word "trough") and it seems simplest to consider them as the same word, presumably because members of a team were stabled together. Pace AHw, there is no evidence for the existence of a word *uritu (as suspected by Deller already and now confirmed by the collated version of ADD 753: 7 in SAA 11 77).…”

Section: Transcription Of Nimrud Letter 89mentioning

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The Assyrian Army in Zamua

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2000

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“…ließ sogar, wie wir aus einer seiner Inschriften wissen, vor den Pferdekrippen der in Ninive neu errichteten königlichen Stallungen Splitter von Amulettsteinen im Boden vergraben, damit deren stärkende Wirkung den Pferden dauerhaft zuteil würde. 23 Auch das hippiatrische Fachwissen der Beschwörer lag in schriftlicher Form vor. Es war in einem vermutlich längeren Traktat zusammengestellt, von dem wir lediglich den Titel kennen.…”

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Ein altorientalischer Pferdesegen – Seuchenprophylaxe in der assyrischen Armee

Maul¹

2013

Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie Und Vorderasiatische Archäologie

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Sumerisch-akkadische Beschwörungen "um den Pferdehof zu reinigen" sind auf der mittelassyrischen Tafel VAT 10035 (KAR 91) aus einer Palastbibliothek in Assur und den neuassyrischen Textvertretern Sm 1708 (IVR 2 Pl. 18* Nr. 6), ND 4405/47 (CTN 4, 101) und VAT 11019 überliefert. Dieser Beitrag liefert die Edition dieser Beschwörungen und der entsprechenden Ritualanweisungen, die im Kontext der Bedeutung von Pferden für die assyrische Armee zu sehen sind. Während seit alters her Herden von Wildeseln die Halbwüsten bevölkerten, welche die Flußoase von Euphrat und Tigris umgeben, war das Wildpferd in den Ebenen des Zweistromlandes nie heimisch. 1 In der mesopotamischen Hochkultur kannte man es freilich schon früh, da die umliegenden Gebirgsregionen von Zagros und Taurus zu seinem natürlichen Lebensraum gehören. Die Sumerer nannten es dementsprechend "Bergesel (a nš e-k u rr a)". Als domestiziertes Haustier gewann das Pferd in Mesopotamien von der Mitte des dritten vorchristlichen Jahrtausends an nach und nach an Bedeutung. Obgleich es sich als Zugtier für die Wagen von Fürsten, Königen und Göttern bald großer Beliebtheit erfreute, blieb es so unerschwinglich, daß es im zivilen Bereich in Mesopotamien den Hausesel als Zug-, Last-und Reittier nie verdrängen konnte. Militärpferde für Assyrien Die Erfindung eines leichten zweirädrigen, von zwei, drei oder vier Pferden gezogenen Kampfwagens veränderte um die Mitte des 2. Jt. v. Chr. die altorientalischen Formen

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Some Inscribed Horse Troughs of Sennacherib

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Hapax Legomena in Esther 1.6: Translation Difficulties and Comedy in the Book of Esther

Hapax Legomena in Esther 1.6: Translation Difficulties and Comedy in the Book of Esther

The Assyrian Army in Zamua

Ein altorientalischer Pferdesegen – Seuchenprophylaxe in der assyrischen Armee

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