On Performatives in Aramaic Documents

This article argues for the presence of performative sentences in early Aramaic documents, giving two examples—one from the Wadi Murabbaʿat divorce document and the other from an Elephantine letter. It is suggested that the use of a compound, consisting of a preposition and a demonstrative pronoun,...

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Main Author: Bhayro, Siam 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-52
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iran (Antiquity) / History 539 BC-330 BC / Judea / Handwriting / Aramaic language / Grammar / Linguistics / Semitic studies / Elephantine / Participle / Semantics / Lexicography
RelBib Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HH Archaeology
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Elephantine gēṭ participle performative Wadi Murabbaʿat
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