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- Title
AN OATH FOR VENGEANCE? A VENDETTA WITH THE TESTIMONY OF THE GODDESS ALLĀT IN AN ANCIENT NORTH ARABIAN INSCRIPTION FROM JORDAN.
- Authors
HAYAJNEH, HANI; HARAHSHEH, RAFE
- Abstract
This paper deals with a new Ancient North Arabian (ANA)-Safaitic inscription from the north-eastern basaltic region of Jordan. Its author registers a revenge-taking action for a man called S1TR. In contrast to the usual type of Safaitic inscriptions that deal with revenge, we encounter here a case of revenge in which the Arabian goddess Allāt is called for s 2hdt ‘testimony’. The onomastic and lexical components, with special focus on the lexeme s2hdt and its semantic field, are investigated and analyzed in light of the Semitic lexicon.
- Subjects
ANCIENT North Arabian language; SAFAITIC inscriptions; REVENGE; ARABIAN goddesses; ONOMASTICS; LEXICAL grammar
- Publication
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 2, p761
- ISSN
0022-4480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jss/fgae024