Aramaic Letters and Neo-Assyrian Letters
Philological and Methodological Notes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3960740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick Mario Fales (0000-0003-4642-7803, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 451 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/603465 |
| OpenAlex | W2320069229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The multiplicity of cultural links between the 5th century Aramaic milieu of Elephantine and the earlier horizon of the Neo-Assyrian empire is evident in the Ahiqar narrative, as well as in the juridical formulae and onomastics of the Aramaic colony. However, no comparative investigation regarding the epistolography of these two historical settings has been hitherto effected. In this article, numerous formulaic and topical-literary parallels in letter-writing between Elephantine and Neo-Assyrian Nineveh are brought forth and illustrated with the aid of a mixed philological and semiological approach. Among the results is a new reading-out of the well-known plea of the Jews, AP 30, which yields a group of totally original utterances, set out against the decidedly topical compositional framework of the text itself-as shown by parallels from the Nineveh archives. The obscure term klby' is also explained as an Assyrian loanword into Aramaic
Ancient history · Art · Feminism · Literature · Philology · Political science · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |