Climb the Wall of Uruk... Charvat leagues and StudentsForeword When I was asked ten years ago to make a contribution o the previous anthology in honor of Petr Charvt,it surprised me that my dear teacher and colleague — always full of energy and excited about new research goals ~ vas already cele- is 60" birthday. Ten years have passed and Petr, having lost none lebrated his 70" birthday on January 12%, ‘of Egyptology at the same univ ceval Archaeology; In these multiple disciplines, he has published several mono- ‘graphs and a large number of studies recognized not only in his homeland but also in foreign scholarly circles. In 1995 he received his hi i is memberships in the ‘of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq (2004-2011), Associated Re- sonal relations. He is always Therefore, this book celebrates ‘not only Petr Charvat's numerous scholarly achievements, but also his kind per- sonality and human Dear Petr we wish you all the best and many fruitful years filled with enthusi- astic research to come! Pilsen, Czech Republic uly 2", 2019 KateFina Saskovd Table of Contents Pavel Cech ‘The Peak of Formalism: Quotation and Direct Speech in the Correspondence of Mari sn wl Pavel Kral ‘ie sunt leones ~ There are Lions in Assyria B David Rafael Moulis Extraneous Influences sna Orighe ol of the Sacred Architecture in the lon Age Judah... | Stefan Nowicki ‘The Role of Aur in the Religion of Assyrian State ...cennnnnenene 3T Lukas Pecha ‘Royal Fpithets in the Old Baby lonian Inscriptions... wo 53 Katefina Saihova ‘Three Cuneiform Texts from the Department of Mi ‘of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen Hana Subriovés ‘The Role of Barba, and “NanSe during the First Dynasty of Laga8....0..0.99 Giants in the Old Jewish Tradition StrkaVetharicks and Pavel 2aérsky ‘The Architect Jaroslav Cukr Petr Zeminek Ahi ati, Trust Me: Pragmaties of Business Relations in the ICK4 ‘Old Assyrian Compas, Indices “WTThe Peak of Formalism: Quotation and Direct Speech in the Correspondence of Mari Pavel Cech the speakers, Krzysztof J. Baranowski trom Toronto, defended the rahe logical ‘but at the same time rather absurd thes ‘The second far pas of the same lest ‘cannot stds the circumstances of direct speech in ancient langnaze ber the mysterious felng while decoding Some 40 years ago thatthe raked With the leters °L” and "A", when put together Frm the ly dscused problem of the ight tio. See arendy Bataowsk 20 logy fr the Akkadian 2 Pavel Cosh bility 10 capture it, This is avery naive explanation, grounded maybe in his rather narrow, Amarna-hased experience with Akkadian, Outside ofthis specie level was presented by DEuT- speech in Akkadian 6 uishes four phases of the wrammaticalization of i) umma PN-ma PN said.”‘The Peakof Foals: Quctaton and Diet Spach nthe Corespondense of Mari 3 i) PN igh uma smear "PN a ing” PN seme unima “PN heard” L 2 3 4 arama your servant Son rupph anni ana ser "On the day I sent his my table. 6 bel wstiam tomy eed, * among the other cumple of von nc th sme vr rt en“ tear? Bam etme unm ana ims he kaeps moving us 7 5 ° PavelCssh Malt-Dogam avi Satta ‘ki kame Kage iri na ur nab Dagan érumma ana Depo spt SE iid ar Sa Birycminee cabin an i sia a am gD Aeyanié mabe ona ii, Ta wasbime nai att itapara ‘ama Zim Lim Sam agabb wma oc mars Spr ana sérva Supram aya baa “anna aman aa sr BB2 ‘aitepram ‘ark uti ein BE Jiprus ota oma Hs Pov belt ems garam ‘mater Dogan ition uit Stem cite Malik-Dagan a man of Saka, came t me and spoke tome a follows ‘Tomy dream, ‘eater the temple of Dagan, and wo Dagan [owed down, When Uhowed dawa, Dagan ape his mouth and he Spoke fo mea Follows "Mavethe kings ofthe Bexjamintes ana thir armies made poace with the army of Zimsi- Lim, which came up Now go, Ihave set you ‘To ZimisLim you will speak os Follows: ‘Send your messengers tome “Ts is what hat man saw in is ‘ream aaa told me Now hen, have writen to my lor 1. my lord decide the background of the ‘ream. Moreover, it pleases my lord, let font place his complete recon before Dagan ‘The man who told me this eam‘The Peak of Fomalism: Quotation and Direct Speech inthe Comespondence of Mash $ « Paseo 51 igbém pagram ana Dagan —_isolfering apagrum-scritice to sul eo Sng serosy end pay with he cre that we bd in Dagan, our han 32 $0 [didnot send him, 3 and besause that man is tstworthy, st 1 did not take his lock of hair oF his hom.” 234 ah ram ina Mari watt Formesly when ved in Ma 435 pio dpm minwna awatam | report to my lord whatever word 36 Keigabbinim ana vu tar Semler ena respondent id 237 ii na main atin watbky Nowa ving inane country 38 Sa eon wigabbanin Shall nt write to my lord what Tee 39 ana Bena w atappar and what he ay t0 me? 40 Soma nan ram ram abst in he fue any os occu, 41 bt niga i ‘wou mot ay led say 42 cwdtam epi “hy id you newt the woed that he respondent {45 1a taiperr anager said you?” Now have writen to tela 45 ripe Tet led kno Aneguive test {gd Aad of Kallas. It is, mon strcte) inthe Mari corpus of N ‘view =the connection of unmet ‘question in the same leer comes ffom the mouth of the laren Ada B21 Kallas By oracles Aad, the ord of Kalas, wma wana stops forth, saying: “Am Uno 15 dad 06? Kalan ‘Aad ord oF Kallas?” of diet sph a nd in Neo-Asyian by Wonisms Quai and Die Spach inte Conspenlenceof Mari 7 ‘of dec speech, verbal forms of gai (oe, less often, blackboard He then ttened to the cher new student and sai Row Me. Stapleton, would you eansinue?™ Evident direct speech quite ofen stars ® Pavel Coch ‘what the respondent of Adad, the lond of Aleppo, said here before Abutim.” ‘nana eae; Roberts 6: 9 ‘nara nigum Sa bea ina Samim aa dim Suda Now the sacrifice of my lord in peace ate city has avived” _aunma (exceptional; Rober 3: 15-20): ina issiré erin warkassa aprusma natlet arumma sarassa wu sistas sabilam “With (ivination) by parwidges 1 examined her case, and she has soon (his vision), Now her lock of har and her hem Ihave set.” annitan + ana (Robes 29: 20-22} im w sive cna Baia wala ‘ow the Lock of fr of the respondent and the hem of his garment Ihave sat to my Ton.” narna + amunma (Rolvens 6; 22-25} nana anna etgam ka gag gad u sista ana sor bela usabilam Now then the ek of his head and hs hem [have ent wo my lor.” anitan + nana * anumma (quite rare; Robers 7: 24-26, ef Robes 2: 40-42 tlum 8 igbém ina enema ana belive altapram wha that man sad wo me. Now den, have written omy Tord,”‘The Peak of Fooalism: Quutaton and Dirt Spec inthe Corspumlenceof Mri 9 ver is almost universal and, ‘evap ound withthe same phonemic quip! CF, show", German “un, Czech “ayn ete ersn singh, and even the plural Suma ‘The frozen introductory form appears fore meet the expectation that only ‘he courage wl be allowed to write him Desi: understanding rng es th corpus ofthouan of ats is second form every time a there= ‘already known tothe king wil have 0 Pusel Coch Form fora quick understanding of Masi loners Header ‘Addressee ‘ana PN gibima Dispatcher tama PN2 hie.) ody ofthe eter ‘Ovcell ination at home ods ae sal, dist is Salim, ‘Main message Ganitamy background ‘notation Schedule et quotation end of quotation ‘end ofpurticuar message vi Secondary messages) atam “(possibl wit a Background and/or quotation, schedule.) 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