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Summary
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One dead president
, David Liam Moran
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Description |
English:
Ostracon
with
Demotic
inscription. Limestone.
Ptolemaic Period
, c. 305-30 BC-(?330-305 BC?). Probably from
Thebes
. It is a prayer to the god
Amun
to heal a man's blindness. It concludes: "Return to me, my great lord, Amun. I am defenseless. Let me not perish. Do not forget me."
Euskara:
Idazkun demotikoa duen ostraka, Kristo aurreko 330 - 305. urteen ingurukoa, segur aski
Tebas
hirikoa. Otoitz egiten dio
Amon
jainkoari, gizon bat itsu izatetik senda dezan. Hauxe dio, bukaeran: «Itzul zaitez nigana, nire jaun handi hori, Amon. Babesgabea naiz. Ez nazazu hiltzen utzi. Ez nazazu ahaztu».
Español:
Ostracón de roca calcárea con inscripción en demótico, datada en el período Ptolemaico (
ca.
330-305 a. C.); es originaria probablemente de Tebas. La inscripción es un ruego al dios Amón de curar la ceguera de un hombre. El texto concluye: «Vuelve a mí, Amón, gran señor mío. Estoy indefenso. No me dejes perecer. No me olvides».
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Date | 9 September 2007 |
Source/Photographer | Own work |
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