All subjects related to the study of the Phoenician Culture including Archaeology, History, Philology, and sub-fields
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David Olmsted deposited Dan Stele Translation in Alphabetic Akkadian (840 BCE) in the group
Phoenician Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis fragmentary text is a debate about the cause of a drought between a Phoenician magic crafter devoted to the motion power class of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm and an Israelite life priest devoted to the life-growth powers. Each side blames the drought on the ineffectiveness of the other. Because the stele fragments were used as fill for or in a…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Penptah (Tabnit) Sarcophagus Text from Sidon is a Phoenician / Israelite Debate over the Great Bronze Age Drought (1170 BCE) – Updated in the group
Phoenician Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis Phoenician letter style text dating to 1170 BCE was written in the empire language of Alphabetic Akkadian which was used by traders and temples for cross-cultural communication. Phoenician, like all other alphabetic writing, derives from the commercial Minoan writing tradition but is a separate letter style lineage apart from the lineages of…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited The “Bilingual” Cippi of Malta Translated in Alphabetic Akkadian (499 BCE) in the group
Phoenician Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe early claim that these two cippi are bilingual in Greek and Phoenician is shown to be false. Therefore, these texts cannot be used as the basis to understand the non-attested language of Phoenician. This historical fraud originated with Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795). Phoenician is a letter style of Alphabetic Akkadian and not a language.…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Translation of el-Khadr Spearheads Found Near Bethlehem Show they were used in Rituals involving Yahu – 900 BCE in the group
Phoenician Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis paper translates the inscriptions found on five bronze spearheads found near the village of el-Khadr located 2 miles (5 km) west of Bethlehem. Their underlying language is Alphabetic Akkadian and not Hebrew. These spearheads were part of a cache of 26 found near Bethlehem which were first published by Frank Moore Cross in 1954 and 1980. Four…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Nora Stone from Sardinia Translated in Alphabetic Akkadian Gives Statement about Purpose of Phoenician Temples (730 BCE) in the group
Phoenician Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe text on this large stone stele is a defense of Phoenician temple activity. Consequently, it was likely placed outside the main temple in the Phoenician trading port of Nora on the southern coast of Sardinia. Its theme is also Phoenician in that it is promoting emotion magic to overcome a drought. This drought is most likely the drought of 730…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Gold Foil Texts Found at Etruscan Pyrgi Temple Translated in Alphabetic Akkadian Mention Yahu (600 BCE) in the group
Phoenician Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThree texts inscribed on gold foil were found in a holy relic repository located in a side room to a Pagan temple near Pygi, Italy. Their language is Alphabetic Akkadian yet their text styles are Phoenician and Etruscan. They are a philosophical debate about the cause and cure for a recent drought. The Phoenician text argues that emotion magic…[Read more]
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Meir Edrey created the group
Phoenician Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago