From Ugarit to Nabataea: Studies in Honor of John F. Healey (Gorgias Ugaritic Studies)

From Ugarit to Nabataea is a collection of articles on the texts and cultures of various Near and Middle Eastern societies such as Ugarit, Ancient North Arabia, Nabatea, Palmyra, Edessa, the monasteries of Mesopotamia, and modern day Syriac-speaking communities. They include discussion of the religious beliefs, iconography, epigraphy, architecture and language of these societies – fields to which John F. Healey has contributed in his long, distinguished and varied career. Table of Contents Preface John Francis Healey Kamkam the Nabataean Priestess: Priesthood and Society in Ancient Arabia Living Beings in Nabataean Iconography: Symbolism and Function Palmyrenes in the Mediterranean World: 1 st century BCE to the 2 nd century CE Dating formulae in Syriac inscriptions and manuscripts of the 5 th and 6 th centuries Bacchus son of Mattay, a Master Calligrapher in the Mongol Period Remarks on Ancient North Arabian Inscriptions from the Region of Taymāʾ in Northwest Arabia (I) Tabetha Kthobonoyo Syriac: Child Language Acquisition of Kthobonoyo Syriac in a Multi-lingual Environment A recently-discovered Nabataean sanctuary, possibly devoted to the sun-god RS 18.113A+B, lettre d’un serviteur du roi d’Ougarit se trouvant à Chypre The Obelisk Tomb at Petra and the Bāb al-Sīq inscription: a study of text, image and architecture Snakes in Petra Figures Index