Life and loyalty : : a study in the socio-religious culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman period based on epigraphical evidence / / by Klaas Dijkstra.
The formula 'for the life of' is often found in votive inscriptions, cast in Aramaic and other languages, which originate from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and adjacent areas and which roughly date from the first three centuries A.D. They belong to objects like statues and altars that us...
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Dijkstra, Klaas, author. Life and loyalty : a study in the socio-religious culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman period based on epigraphical evidence / by Klaas Dijkstra. Leiden, [Netherlands] ; New York ; Köln, [Germany] : Brill, 1995. ©1995 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 0927-7633 ; Volume 128 The formula 'for the life of' is often found in votive inscriptions, cast in Aramaic and other languages, which originate from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and adjacent areas and which roughly date from the first three centuries A.D. They belong to objects like statues and altars that usually were erected in temples and other structures with a ritual or sacred function. The inscriptions establish a relationship between the dedicator and one or more beneficiaries, those persons for whose life the dedication was made. Since the social context evidently bears on both the meaning of the inscriptions as well as the status of the dedications, this volume deals with the nature of the relationships and the socio-religious function the dedications perform. Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- FOR THE LIFE OF ... KINGS: THE NABATAEAN PERCEPTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FORMULA -- FOR THE LIFE OF ... ‘FAMILY’: THE PALMYRENE PERCEPTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FORMULA -- FOR THE LIFE OF ... WHOEVER: THE HATRENE PERCEPTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FORMULA -- FOR THE LIFE OF ...: INCIDENTAL FINDINGS AND GREEK AND LATIN EQUIVALENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ASSESSING DIODORUS’ AND STRABO’S ACCOUNTS ON THE NABATAEANS -- ABOUT TRANSLATING ARAMAIC ʿl ḥyy -- SOME REMARKS ON EPITHETHS OF NABATAEAN ROYAL DEITIES -- THE MEANING OF ʾʾ AND ʾʾt IN THE NABATAEAN CONTEXT -- OBODAS THE GOD -- PALMYRENE DEDICATORY INSCRIPTIONS ON INCENSE-BURNERS -- PALMYRENE HONORIFIC INSCRIPTIONS -- TWO TENTATIVE HATRENE FAMILY-TREES -- LATIN AND GREEK INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE FERTILE CRESCENT EMPLOYING AN EQUIVALENT OF THE ARAMAIC FORMULA ʿl ḥyy -- REFERENCES -- EPIGRAPHICAL INDEX -- RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Inscriptions, Aramaic Middle East. Excavations (Archaeology) Middle East. Middle East Religion. Middle East Social life and customs. Middle East Antiquities. 90-04-09996-4 Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; Volume 128. |
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Life and loyalty : a study in the socio-religious culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman period based on epigraphical evidence / by Klaas Dijkstra. |
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Life and loyalty : a study in the socio-religious culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman period based on epigraphical evidence / by Klaas Dijkstra. |
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Life and loyalty : a study in the socio-religious culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman period based on epigraphical evidence / |
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life and loyalty : a study in the socio-religious culture of syria and mesopotamia in the graeco-roman period based on epigraphical evidence / |
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Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- FOR THE LIFE OF ... KINGS: THE NABATAEAN PERCEPTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FORMULA -- FOR THE LIFE OF ... ‘FAMILY’: THE PALMYRENE PERCEPTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FORMULA -- FOR THE LIFE OF ... WHOEVER: THE HATRENE PERCEPTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FORMULA -- FOR THE LIFE OF ...: INCIDENTAL FINDINGS AND GREEK AND LATIN EQUIVALENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ASSESSING DIODORUS’ AND STRABO’S ACCOUNTS ON THE NABATAEANS -- ABOUT TRANSLATING ARAMAIC ʿl ḥyy -- SOME REMARKS ON EPITHETHS OF NABATAEAN ROYAL DEITIES -- THE MEANING OF ʾʾ AND ʾʾt IN THE NABATAEAN CONTEXT -- OBODAS THE GOD -- PALMYRENE DEDICATORY INSCRIPTIONS ON INCENSE-BURNERS -- PALMYRENE HONORIFIC INSCRIPTIONS -- TWO TENTATIVE HATRENE FAMILY-TREES -- LATIN AND GREEK INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE FERTILE CRESCENT EMPLOYING AN EQUIVALENT OF THE ARAMAIC FORMULA ʿl ḥyy -- REFERENCES -- EPIGRAPHICAL INDEX -- RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD. |
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