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Meshel doesn't attempt a full translation of the partially "nonsensical" sequence, but guesses Cain or Kenites for qyn (line 7, bold), which can also mean create or acquire or family, as in KTU 1.3 or Genesis 4.1 or the Khirbet el-Qom ostraca. [37] [38] He wasn't the first to mention the Kenites "nesting" in Sinai. [39]
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-525-50170-2. Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, Une inscription grecque sur bloc de calcaire, découverte à Jérusalem sur le mont Ophel, Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Année 1920 64-3 pp. 187-189; Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau. “Découverte a ...
The Ribat of Sousse was founded during the 8th century, [2] or late 8th century, [3] [4] during the tenure of the Abbasid governor Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi (d. 787). [3] There is also evidence that the site of the ribat was formerly occupied in Classical antiquity, reflecting the fact that many ribats in Tunisia were built over the remains of more ancient fortifications.
Epigraphy is a primary tool of archaeology when dealing with literate cultures. [1] The US Library of Congress classifies epigraphy as one of the auxiliary sciences of history . [ 2 ] Epigraphy also helps identify a forgery : [ 3 ] epigraphic evidence formed part of the discussion concerning the James Ossuary .
The Behistun inscription, the longest and perhaps the most famous of the Achaemenid royal inscriptions.. The Achaemenid royal inscriptions are the surviving inscriptions in cuneiform script from the Achaemenid Empire, dating from the 6th to 4th century BCE (reigns of Cyrus II to Artaxerxes III).
The Behistun Inscription (also Bisotun, Bisitun or Bisutun; Persian: بیستون, Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the place of god") is a multilingual Achaemenid royal inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, established by Darius the Great (r.
Israel Finkelstein (Hebrew: ישראל פינקלשטיין ; born March 29, 1949) is an Israeli archaeologist, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa.
[1] The inscription documents the existence and names of several surrounding states as of A.D. 900, such as the Tagalog city-state of Tondo. [1] Some historians associate the toponym Medang in this inscription regarding the Medang palace in Java at that time, although the name is a common term of Malayo-Polynesian origin. [1]