Memphis 2

Memphis.

 

KAI 38 Eph.1.152-158

2^nd -1^st  century BC Memory stone with Horus and a crocodile.

There are 10 persons named in this inscription, which falls apart in two segments. First there is the pedigree of the one, who makes the dedication, and then follows the pedigree of the central person: the mother with her four sons?!

 

------                unknown person

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‘bdmilk{t}      ‘Abd-Milkot (servant of Milkot) Historical person: Abdimilkutti/Abdimilkot

   |                                           (Benz p.155, Krahmalkov p.356) ph.pu. (DCPP 3).

   |                    ‘Abd-milk (servant of Milk) Historical person: Abdimilk (DCPP 2-3)

   |                                           (Benz p.155, Krahmalkov p.356) ph,pu.

Bnb‘l               Bin-Ba‘al (son of Baal) (Benz p.89, Krahmalkov p.106) ph.

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‘bdmlkt           See: above

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Bnb‘l               See: above

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‘bdmlkt           See: above [x ḥn‘štrt]? See below

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P‘l‘štrt             Pa‘ol-‘Astart (Astart act) (Benz p.176. Krahmalkov p.403) ph.

 

Persons are named to their ancestors, but that skips over one generation.

 

[‘bdmlkt]?                  X         ḥn‘štrt = ḥanna-‘Aštart (Astart be gracious to her!)

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‘bd’sr                          bnb‘l                           ‘bdšmš                                    p‘l‘štrt

‘Abd-’siri                    see: above                   ‘Abd-šemeš                see: above

(Servant of Osiris)                                         (Servant of Semes)

(Benz p.149,                                                  (Benz p.164,

Krahmalkov p.354)                                        Krahmalkov p.358)

 

It is probable, that the husband of Hanna-Astarte is the third Abdmilkot, but not completely certain. He is named separately!

 

Magnanini p.64.

 

Complete text of KAI 38:

 

Hmṭn’ [z] yṭn[’t] ’nk p‘l‘štrt bn ‘bdmlkt bn bnb‘l bn ‘bdmlkt bn bnb‘l

 

bn ‘bdmlkt [t—‘l ’?] dt šmr n’lky lrbty l’lm ’drt ’s ’lm ‘štrt wl’lnm ’š

 

’l[. yb] rk ’y[tyw’tb]ny ‘bd’sr w bnb‘l w ‘bdšmš wp‘l‘štrt w‘t ’mnm ḥn‘štrt

 

[wy]tn ln ḥm wḥym l‘n ’lnm wbn ’dm

 

This giving was done by Paolastart, son of Abdmilkot, son of Binbaal, son of Abdmilkot, son of Binbaal, son of Abdmilko[t ----] ---- to my lady, to the powerful Isis, to Astart and to her gods, who govern in health(?) and bless her and her sons Abdosiris and Binbaal and Abdsemes and Paolastart and with their mother Hanna-astart. Every morning(?) we are thankful for the life with their gods and their human sons.

Magnanini p.64.

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