Peter Joshua Atkins
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Old Testament & Hebrew Bible @uoedivinity.bsky.social. Researching: Book of Daniel, Isaiah, Rewilding, Animals and the Bible. I also like dogs 🐕
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For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
Thanks, I love Ezeclectic!
December 21, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Thanks, I love Ezeclectic!
Thank you, that's what I have used so far but it is quite difficult to say!
December 20, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Thank you, that's what I have used so far but it is quite difficult to say!
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If I only I knew more about Samuel et al!
November 28, 2024 at 5:06 PM
If I only I knew more about Samuel et al!
Have you thought about this in relation to Tobit 2:11-12? This refers to "women's work" and implies this is to do with fabric.
November 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Have you thought about this in relation to Tobit 2:11-12? This refers to "women's work" and implies this is to do with fabric.
Thanks for this! Yes I have read your article on the dog and found it really helpful for the written version of my SBL paper. Really appreciate your scholarship on Tobit!
November 28, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Thanks for this! Yes I have read your article on the dog and found it really helpful for the written version of my SBL paper. Really appreciate your scholarship on Tobit!