Brian -- I'm not sure why you didn't mention it, but of course the Akkadian word for 'sign, mark, signal, token' is ittu. The second t is a feminine marker...
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arenmaeir
Apr 1, 2009 10:42 am
Frank, Find the money to support such a dig -- and I'm sure you will then be able to find an archaeologist who is willing to go dig the site. On 2nd thought -...
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dastacey62
Apr 1, 2009 1:47 pm
Beatrice, Perhaps scientists could run a control experiment:- deposit a piece of parchment in a cave near the Dead Sea and, in 2000 years time, test it for...
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eliot braun
eliotbraun
Apr 1, 2009 1:47 pm
There are so many sites in so many places that remain unexamined, each known or unknown, and especially dear to some researcher who has a particular interest....
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John
jesleake
Apr 1, 2009 1:49 pm
On non-elite 'incestuous' marriage in Roman Egypt, most people will probably be aware of the following paper published last year, but in case anyone's not: *...
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Trudy Kawami
corvina_9
Apr 1, 2009 3:02 pm
There are many significant sites all over the "Near East" i.e. Western Asian, awaiting exploration/excavation/basic surveying. The northern portions of the...
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Trudy Kawami
corvina_9
Apr 1, 2009 3:11 pm
Given the arid nature of the Dead Sea region, material does not have to be buried or soaked in water to absorb wind-born salts over a long period of time. In...
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James Spinti
tweetynwiley
Apr 1, 2009 4:02 pm
With apologies for the cross-posting. Learn about the shortage of letters affecting publishers! Marvel at the Babylon Battle of the Bands! Drool over the...
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Yitzhak Sapir
ysapir
Apr 1, 2009 4:16 pm
Also, keep in mind Arabic ayah (singular), ayat (plural) for signs/miracles, and the Kh. el-Mudeiyineh )wt, alongside Hebrew )tt as found in Lachish 4 (the ...
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Peter T. Daniels
grammatim
Apr 1, 2009 4:21 pm
The link is actually https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_2MA0Q0KED.HTM �-- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@... ________________________________ From: James...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Apr 1, 2009 4:41 pm
I would personally love to see some of the big cakes (they look like that) on the Aleppo plain, between Aleppo and Ebla. Niels Peter Lemche ... Fra:...
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goranson@...
goranson11
Apr 1, 2009 4:43 pm
The bromine in the ink of Qumran Cave One Hodayot (a) was not obtained after the penning of that scroll, but in the manufacture of the ink with high-bromine ...
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Jim West
drjewest
Apr 1, 2009 7:10 pm
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gyQFG3mejbeejKJYY8wOBELgIu5A -- ++++++ Jim West http://jwest.wordpress.com...
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David Hall
dqhall59@...
Apr 1, 2009 7:10 pm
Might be interesting to date the earliest strata of the Al Uula oasis in the Northern Arabian desert. It was also known as Hegra. By some theories it was...
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cejo@...
chuckjones2000
Apr 1, 2009 7:34 pm
For the archaeology of Tayma have a start with : http://www.dainst.org/index_3258_en.html "The Archaeology of the Oasis Tayma: Continuity and Change of...
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rb47x@...
rb47x
Apr 1, 2009 10:29 pm
In a message dated 4/1/2009 3:50:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... According to Alan Gardiner (Egyptian Grammar, 1957, p. 75) it is merely uncertain whether or...
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Brian Colless
damaohu
Apr 2, 2009 12:03 am
It was a surprise to find Early Bronze Age inscriptions using the West Semitic syllabary at Umm el-Marra (Tuba, E of Aleppo and Alalakh, NE of Ebla and Ugarit,...
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X.Wang
e2waxi
Apr 2, 2009 4:44 am
Many thanks to Brian first. Your detailed introduction to West-Semitic epigraphic sources pertaining to 'ot is most helpful. I am aware of the Izbet Sartah...
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Brian Colless
damaohu
Apr 2, 2009 2:21 pm
Bob, at the outset, I want to say how heartening it is for me to see you accepting (tentatively, hypothetically, "for argument's sake") the readings that...
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Yitzhak Sapir
ysapir
Apr 2, 2009 2:23 pm
... In Murtonen, see also the root 'wV at the bottom: http://books.google.com/books?id=t_9NkGsNtcYC&pg=PA84 Your root is here: ...
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Jon Smyth
driver40386
Apr 2, 2009 2:25 pm
I don't think such expressions are too far removed from someone in our day toasting to "the health and prosperity of the House of Windsor". Per-o just may have...
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Ehud Ben Zvi
ebenzvi
Apr 2, 2009 3:25 pm
Dear all, I am glad to announce that the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (http://www.jhsonline.org) has recently published the following two articles: Journal of...
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dastacey62
Apr 3, 2009 7:40 am
Stephen, Although someone kindly allowed me to read the article I accept that I am at a disadvantage in that I do not have a copy to hand - perhaps you'd like...
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David Hall
dqhall59@...
Apr 3, 2009 7:41 am
Thanks for the update. I had read a PHD thesis by an Arab who dug at Taima, but was unaware of the more recent large scale digs. David Q. Hall ... From:...
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dp@...
ane.fan
Apr 3, 2009 7:41 am
Dear List, I am wondering if anyone can direct me to specific sources that might address the following research question. During the time of EB III (late 24th...
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Gerald A. Klingbeil
klingbeilg
Apr 3, 2009 10:13 am
Please excuse cross-posting Dear colleagues, we are happy to report that the first issue of 2009 of the peer-reviewed /Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary/ has...
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Marc Cooper
marc.cooper
Apr 3, 2009 3:12 pm
Researchers in Germany, using a CT-scan, have discovered a "hidden face" inside the famed Nefertiti bust, the journal Radiology reports ...
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Michael F. Lane
gbarrenador
Apr 3, 2009 7:57 pm
Yes, please do answer this e-mail! I am very much interested myself. Needless to say, the issue has come up several times in my Aegean Bronze Ages class. ...
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dastacey62
Apr 3, 2009 7:57 pm
I have had a chance to reread the DSD article. What is astonishing is that the authors did not consider the possibility that the bromine was absorbed during...
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Trudy Kawami
corvina_9
Apr 3, 2009 8:32 pm
I have no dog in this fight, but would like to remind readers that science is logical (or at least good science is :-)) One could certainly conclude from the...
