Memphis 3

Memphis.

 

RES 2 = 59 = 917. Eph.III 118

Tablet close to the pyramid of Unes.

 

’bnn     = vocalisation and meaning uncertain (Benz p.54, Krahmalkov p.29) ph

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ḥn        = ḥen (hb) (divine grace, favour, generosity, benefaction) (Kramalkov p.189)

            = or: misspelling for ḥn’= ḥanno (May He be gracious to him!)

                        (Benz 117-122) pu (Krahmalkov p.189) (DCPP 207-210 historic persons)

 

Complete text and translation:

Lhn bn ’bnn = of Hanna, daughter of ’bnn.

 

In the original text of signs we read a ḥ in the beginning, but in the translation of Magnanini it becomes a h by mistake.

M.Lidzbarski read hnbt as one word. The name hnbt however we can’t find in any Phoenician dictionary. It must be separate and it is far more logical.

 

Magnanini p.64.

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