On the Structural Unity of the Eshmunazor Inscription
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4986324 |
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| Authors | Alice Faber (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 425 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/602102 |
| OpenAlex | W2328315258 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Avishur (1979) suggests that the Eshmunazor sarcophagus inscription is a combination of a traditional funerary inscription with non-commemorative archival material. The purpose of this paper is to show that Avishur's thesis cannot be substantiated: viewed in the historical context of Eshmunazor II's brief reign and in light of the structural flexibility apparent in the North-West Semitic inscriptional corpus, the Eshmunazor inscription is an artfully constructed literary whole
Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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