"Beloved of the Lady Are Those Who …": A Recurring Memorial Formula in the Sinaitic Inscriptions

This paper proposes a revised interpretation of the recurring sequence ḏ t b ṯ n m ṯ found in the early alphabetic inscriptions from Serabit el-Khadem, an Egyptian turquoise mining facility located in the Sinai Peninsula. I argue that this sequence combines with the well-known phrase m(ʾ)hb(b)ʿlt &q...

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Main Author: Wilson-Wright, Aren M. 1988- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2020
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2020, Volume: 384, Pages: 133-158
Further subjects:B Northwest Semitic epigraphy
B Sinaitic inscriptions
B reflectance transformation imaging
B early alphabetic inscriptions
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