Manlaharban and Aramaic in the Neo-Assyrian Oracular Queries written by Women

Jonathan Valk; Saana Svärd

Manlaharban and Aramaic in the Neo-Assyrian Oracular Queries written by Women

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SAA 4, 321 and 322 are two strange Neo-Assyrian oracular query texts written by women and addressed to an otherwise unknown deity named Manlaharban. We argue that the writer(s) of these texts were high-ranking women close to Assurbanipal, and that this can explain the texts’ unusual elements. We argue further that the divine name Manlaharban is an Aramaic byname for the god Shamash, and that its use indicates the presence of spoken Aramaic at the Assyrian court.

Originalspråk	engelska
Tidskrift	Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale
Volym	118
Sidor (från-till)	135-142
Antal sidor	8
ISSN	0373-6032
Status	Publicerad - 2024
MoE-publikationstyp	A1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad

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615 Historia och arkeologi

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https://shs.cairn.info/revue-d-assyriologie-2024-1-page-135?lang=en

ANEE: Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Svärd, S. (Projektledare), Alstola, T. (deltagare), Auranne, T. (deltagare), Bennett, E. R. (deltagare), Hietamäki, T. A. E. (deltagare), Jauhiainen, H. (deltagare), Jones, C. W. (deltagare), Kankkunen, J. A. (deltagare), Ketonen, A. K. (deltagare), Liikanen, C. S. (deltagare), Lund, J. S. A. (deltagare), Ong, M. C. (deltagare), Pietarinen, S. L. (deltagare), Ruotsalainen, A. J. (deltagare), Sakko, M. T. (deltagare), Spunaugle, A. (deltagare), Tambs, L. (deltagare) & Valk, J. (deltagare)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025
Projekt: Dinlands Akademi: Spetsforskningsenhet
ANEE: ANEE Team 1: Digital Humanities Approaches
Svärd, S. (Principal Investigator), Linden, K. (Deltagare), Bach, J. (Deltagare), Jauhiainen, T. (Deltagare), Jauhiainen, H. (Deltagare), Sahala, A. (Deltagare), Konstantopoulos, G. (Deltagare), Fink, S. (Deltagare), Zaia, S. (Deltagare), Luukko, M. I. (Deltagare), Bennett, E. R. (Deltagare), Alstola, T. (Deltagare), Vanderstraeten, E. (Deltagare), Autere, K. (Deltagare), Giessler, J. (Deltagare), Debourse, C. H. I. (Deltagare), Tambs, L. (Deltagare), Valk, J. (Deltagare), Uotila, R. (Deltagare) & Jones, C. W. (Deltagare)
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Projekt: Forskningsprojekt

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