Comments on: study material

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 02:05:48 +0000

It’s actually RS 19.011, and D. Pardee’s translation of the text can be found in The Context of Scripture, Vol. III, pp. 109-110.

By: Stavros

Stavros — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:11:11 +0000

is this RS 18.147? can you post a translation?

By: kimu

kimu — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:56:38 +0000

nerd alert! nerd alert!

so that’s where i put that letter. i’ve been looking for it for ages. 7,560 years actually.

did you know… if you turn the letter upside down… it looks about the same.

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:54:33 +0000

The first two lines (up until the horizontal line) read: “To GRDN my lord, say: …” which is a standard salutation formula in ancient letters. The image is, of course, a line drawing of a clay tablet which is currently in a museum in Damascus, Syria.

I never thought about it, but the wedges do resemble ice-cream cones. Or a refrigerator with lots of wedge-shaped magnets on it.

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:58:03 +0000

so obvious. although, it kind of looks like a huge refrigerator with food spilling out of it to me….

can’t wait to see you guys in a week!!!

pam

By: Angie

Angie — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:54:33 +0000

yeah a post!! you’re so funny, sherwin! i love that you said, “obviously”. “well, duuh.” came to mind.

thank goodness for the link for the definition of ugaritic. a letter huh? where’s the salutation? how did the scholars realize this was a letter? and how do you describe this, joey? looks like someone sketching some candlelabra’s or stacking ice cream cones to me.

i could make something like this up easily. if i just had a stack of earring backings, i could just scatter them on a table and draw it out like this. and it could be a letter from angie to sherwin, describing her confusion…

great post sherwin. no wonder joe drinks as much coffee as he does. that’s some serious study material.