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[edit]Neirab steles and the minor god Shahar
[edit]Neirab steles. I was reading an inscriptions book and found reference to them. Our page says they were considered dubious from the start. I imagine they're not consequential enough to have enjoyed a revisitation by the academy, who knows. I think the wear is a bit uneven, the script might be too textbook. My question is about spelling. Is there anywhere else that spelled the god's name שהר? I think it's elsewhere more like שחר. I checked KTU 1.23 for spelling, they gave šḥr and one šhr which might have been a typo.
Secondarily, where's a better place than here to ask this kind of question? Is there one? Neither wordreference forums nor earlywritings forums seem to quite hit the mark for spellings on steles. Temerarius (talk) 02:15, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- Funny coincidence, I just ran across a reference to שחר as an herb in Elephantine here note 603.[1] First I've heard of it, and I always keep my ears attuned to this word and its soundalikes due to the canonical cruces.
- Temerarius (talk) 03:12, 19 November 2024 (UTC) Temerarius (talk) 03:12, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ Siljanen, Esko (2017-03-31). "Judeans of Egypt in the Persian period (539-332 BCE) in light of the Aramaic Documents". Academia.edu. p. 160. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- In response to your second question, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ancient Near East seems fairly active. Alansplodge (talk) 15:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)