Comments on: Kuttamuwa Inscription Update: Pardee’s transcription

By: >The Translation of the Kuttamuwa Stele | Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:33:07 +0000

[...] days ago I reported on the discovery of the Kuttamuwa Stele. In a recent post, Jim Getz provided a transliteration of the text based on Dennis Pardee’s presentation at the SBL in [...]

By: Min sjæl, …. : PergaMent

Min sjæl, …. : PergaMent — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:35:47 +0000

[...] og kanaanæiske indskrifter. Og nu starter inskriptionen, så vidt jeg kan tygge mig gennem det aramaiske, jo altså med at skære ud i pap (eller rettere, i sten), at Kuttamuwa stadig var i live, da [...]

By: jimgetz

jimgetz — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:01:47 +0000

Ah, the joys of typing on the fly! Corrections have been made, typos have been corrected.

By: Teodor Bors

Teodor Bors — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:40:25 +0000

At line 1 is surely (bd

By: Yitzhak Sapir

Yitzhak Sapir — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:33:18 +0000

I think in lines 3-5 there is a clear y(l “mountain goat”.
Shouldn’t line 1 read (bd not (db?

By: Peter Bekins

Peter Bekins — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:33:47 +0000

Oh I see, the object of hrg is the lamb/goat from line 9, so the slaughter is done at the NB$.

Pete

By: Peter Bekins

Peter Bekins — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:56:35 +0000

In line 8 I think it should by znn, not snn. I assume its a typo, not a misreading. Did he really read the end of line 10 as wyh? I see wyd/r, and I read as wydrg (wrapping to the next line) “he should step up to my NB$” or something like that. He reads, “he should kill my NB$”? Looking at the picture I can perhaps see a he.

Pete