简介:1.IntroductionIntheinscriptionsofE-ana-tum,rulerofLagas,listinghisvictoriesovervariouscities,thereisafour-linelongpassagethatdescribesE-ana-tum’sdefeatoverthecitycalledArawa:2(1)su-nirURU×Aki-ka,ensi2-be23,saη-bamu-DU,aga3-kar2!(SE3)4be2-seg10Thetranslationsofthisgrammaticallydifficultpassagevarygreatly;thereseemstobenoagreementeitheraboutitsexactmeaningoraboutitsgrammaticalanalysis.
简介:Heimpel(BSAⅦ,115-160)andSteinkeller(BSAⅧ,1995,49-70)bothdiscussthesheepandgoatterminologyinUrⅢtextsandwearegratefultothemforgivingusaclearerpictureofsmallcattleinAncientMesopotamia.However,astou8-sila4-nú(ná)/nu-aSteinkeller(p.55,4.2)andHeimpeldifferinopinion:"Rejectingthelong-acceptedinterpretationofnú/nu-asila4/másas"pregnant(with)alamb/kid",Heimpelnowproposesthetranslation"infertile",takingnú/nu-atomean"without".Inmyview,thisinterpretationisextremelyunlikely,primarilybecausethisdescriptionisverycommonatDrehem.……Iftheformerexpressionweretomean"infertile",wewouldbeforcedtoconcludethat,atDrehem,infertileanimalswereregularlyidentified(bywhatmeansandforwhatpurpose?),whereaspregnantoneswerenot.…AsHeimpel'sobjectionthatitisdifficulttothinkofanyrationalefor"slaughtering"pregnantanimals,itshouldbepointedputthat,atDrehem,thetermba-úsmeansnotonly"slaughtered",buta
简介:<正>韩国钧一生,从晚清到民国,虽遇政治腐败,世乱日亟,但能出污泥而不染.为官,官声素著;归林,乡里称颂.从慈禧太后到共产党,异代各方,咸为嘉许,殊属难得.本文主要记述他在清末、民国时期为官的廉能.韩国钧,字紫石,亦字止石,晚号止叟.1857年生于江苏海安县海安镇.早年困厄,父母早丧,由“在室守贞”的二姑母抚养成人.1877年考取秀才.1879年中举人.此后,四次会试均落第,1889年依例应大挑,得一等,即以知县分发东河,前往开封,复经河道总督甄别,改分河南归地方候补.先后奉激檄镇平、祥符、武陟、永城、濬县知县.1902年,奉旨以道员归河南补办,遂返开封充河北矿务局总办、交涉局会办.1903年,又奉派总办河北蚕桑实业中学堂.1905年,辞差赴