A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature - enenuru
A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature - enenuru
A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature - enenuru
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Legal Texts<br />
problems. On the <strong>on</strong>e h<strong>and</strong>, the member is not to w<strong>and</strong>er away<br />
(perhaps to another club?), but <strong>on</strong> the other the member should not<br />
treat the host with such familiarity so as to ask him for a loan.<br />
15. /sûamuœmaœna tin/ SÁamuœmaœnu, Give<br />
The imperative tn expresses the dem<strong>and</strong> of an ungrateful mrzh<br />
member.<br />
16. /kaspa tiqla daœ{immanaka/ silver, a shekel which is with you!<br />
The word tql st<strong>and</strong>s in appositi<strong>on</strong> to the object, ksp. Seethe<br />
Akkadian sûiqlu, Hebrew l®qRv, Aramaic léq; Vt.<br />
17. /tiqleœmi yissa{u/ Two shekels he shall pull out.<br />
As a penalty, the ungrateful mrzh member will pay double what he<br />
tried to steal from SÁamuœmaœnu. Though, again, this verb could be<br />
singular or plural, depending <strong>on</strong> perspective, the singular focus in<br />
the text <strong>on</strong> the head <strong>and</strong> the member seems to favor the singular<br />
verb.<br />
The c<strong>on</strong>tract proper is completed. The witnesses follow.<br />
18. /yapihuœ?/ Witnesses: }Ih˙rsûp<br />
The word yph occurs precisely at the place at the end of a syllabic<br />
cuneiform c<strong>on</strong>tract where the term sûˆäbu, “witnesses,” would occur.<br />
19. bn.}udrnn s<strong>on</strong> of }udrnn<br />
20. w.{bdn <strong>and</strong> {bdn<br />
21. bn.sgld s<strong>on</strong> of sgld
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