ʾEšmunʿazor’s Exchange: an old reading and a new interpretation of line 19 of ʾEšmunʿazor’s sarcophagus inscription (AO 4806 = KAI 14) (original) (raw)
This article presents data collected in the course of an epigraphic study of the sarcophagus inscription (pectoral surface) of ʾEšmunʿazor II at the Musée du Louvre (AO 4806) and argues two points: 1/ The graphemic sequence in line 19 traditionally read as {lmdtʿṣmt} (“according to the measure of the mighty deeds”) must in fact be read as {lmrtʿṣmt} ; 2/ While the {r} established by this presentation may constitute a scribal error for an intended {d}, one lexicographic possibility not previously considered may render such an assessment unnecessary. If the proposed interpretation is correct, it carries with it several important implications for our understanding of the rhetoric of the inscription and its reflection of Persian-Sidonian relations during the reign of ʾEšmunʿazor II.
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