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简介:ntroductionThemeaningoftheexpressiongisbi2-(in)-DU3,intheroyalinscriptionofUtu-hegalrecordinghisvictoriouscampaignagainstGutium,isstillnuclear.F.Thureau-Dangin(1912)readtheexpressiongis-ne-GAGwiththetranslation"tosacrifice"followedbyseveralotherscholars(Kramer1963,325f.;IRSA,130-2).W.H.Ph.Romerhashowever,inhistreatmentoftheinscription,mostconvincinglyarguedfortherejectionofthistranslation.2Inadditiontohisarguments,wemayperhapsaddthatthedifferentcontextsinwhichgisbi2-DU3ismentioneddonotseemtobeofareligiousch...
简介:XuandeCopperDiamondBellandDiamondClubThissetofbellandclubwasaritualinstrumentdonatedtoTibetbytheMingCentralGovernmentintheperiodofEmperorXuande'sreign(1426-1435).Inthe
简介:Morschauser(1988)hasargued,inthiswriter'sviewconvincingly,thatsdf3-trytisnottobeunderstoodasanoathofallegiance,fealtyorloyalty(ase.g.CDME,pp.259,300),butas"expungingofsin"(wewouldsuggest"ofguilt"),i.e."pardon."AccordingtoMorschauser'sproposal,sdf3inthatexpressionhasnothingtodowithfoodorprovisioning,butmeans"cause(something)tobepurified,wipedaway,"fromtherootdf3"purify,wipeaway."WewouldsuggestthatthisrootisatleastalikelycandidateasacounterpartofSemitickpr,whichisusedwithsimilarandcompatiblemeanings,frequentlyincontextspertainingto