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_Hamsukkān_ in Isaiah 40:20: Some Reflections

Tyndale Bulletin, 2003
_Hamsukkān_ in Isaiah 40:20 has been linked with Akkadian _musukkannu_, a type of wood. This article examines the geographical spread of the wood in antiquity in order to determine what implications the acceptance of this reading has for the dating of ...
Simon Sherwin
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Blueprint for a Universal Theory of Learning to Read: The Combinatorial Model

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 2, April/May/June 2025.
The Reading Tree. Abstract In this essay, I outline some of the essential ingredients of a universal theory of reading acquisition, one that seeks to highlight commonalities while embracing the global diversity of languages, writing systems, and cultures.
David L. Share
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Language and Dialect Identification of Cuneiform Texts

, 2019
This article introduces a corpus of cuneiform texts from which the dataset for the use of the Cuneiform Language Identification (CLI) 2019 shared task was derived as well as some preliminary language identification experiments conducted using that corpus.
Alstola, Tero, Jauhiainen, Heidi, Jauhiainen, Tommi, Lindén, Krister   +3 more
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Material Profiling of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals by Raman Spectroscopy

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 228-242, March 2025.
Mesopotamian cylinder seals (fourth ‐ first millennium bce) from the collection of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectral analysis identified the mineral constituents and quantitatively determined the chemical compositions of the
Stylianos Aspiotis, Albert Dietz, Zsombor Földi, Frank Hildebrandt, Jochen Schlüter, Boriana Mihailova   +5 more
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On the word timmu in Ashurbanipal’s account of the sacking of Thebes by his army

Orientalia Suecana
The Akkadian (but originally Sumerian) word timmu features prominently in the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal’s (668–631) account of his army’s sacking of the south-Egyptian city of Thebes. Two tall, heavy, and adorned timmu are said to have been seized from
Mattias Karlsson
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Obraz świata podziemnego w świetle wybranych mitów mezopotamskich

Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie, 2020
This article presents the ideas of the inhabitants of Mesopotamia about the Netherworld in selected myths in the Sumerian language (Descent of Inana into the Netherworld) and Akkadian (Descent of Ishtar into the Netherworld; Nergal and Ereshkigal and The
Piotr Goniszewski
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Nonverbal Clause Constructions

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT There are about a dozen well‐recognised types of nonverbal clause constructions, but the terminology by which these subtypes are known varies widely. This paper gives an overview of the major types and defines each term carefully, from the perspective of general syntax.
Martin Haspelmath
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The Dogs of Ninkilim, part two: Babylonian rituals to counter field pests [PDF]

, 2010
This article presents editions of all the extant Babylonian incantations against field pests. The sources date to the first millennium BC and many have not been published before.
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Exploring the neuroprotective benefits of phytochemicals extracted from indigenous edible fruits in Bangladesh

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 239-265, February 2025.
This review showed the therapeutic potential of Bangladeshi medicinal fruit plants in neurological diseases. We focused on traditional uses of medicinal fruit plants. We discussed the phytochemicals present in the fruit plants. The toxicological profile of these plants is also highlighted. Abstract The increasing incidence of neurodegenerative diseases
Sumon Roy, Sajib Chandra Roy, Mehrukh Zehravi, Sherouk Hussein Sweilam, Rajib Das, Mylsamy Palanisamy, Venkata Lakshamana Sagar Dantinapalli, Selvaraja Elumalai, Jeetendra Kumar Gupta, Mohammed Ali Alshehri, Mohammed Asiri, Irfan Ahmad, Mohamed H. Nafady, Talha Bin Emran   +13 more
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Gatekeepers and lock masters: the control of access in the Neo-Assyrian palaces [PDF]

, 2010
Book description: This volume is intended as a tribute to the memory of the Sumerologist Jeremy Black, who died in 2004. The Sumerian phrase, ‘Your praise is sweet’ is commonly addressed to a deity at the close of a work of Sumerian literature. The scope
Radner, K
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