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Abstract In this article I consider the strengths and weaknesses of theories regarding the mention of prophets’ sārtum u sissiktum (hair and hem) in prophetic texts from Mari. I suggest that royal correspondents sent along the prophets’ sārtum u sissiktum because they were part of the material locus of divine revelation, functioning as proxy omens. As such, they offered royal diviners an efficient and material means of cross-checking prophetic omens through extispicy-derived omens in order to discern divine directives for the security and success of the kingdom. Moreover, the sārtum u sissiktum constituted two data points within a larger divinatory system that discerned the divine will primarily through material and observable media.
在这篇文章中，我考虑了关于提到先知sārtum u sissiktum(头发和下摆)的理论的优缺点。我认为，皇家通讯员将先知的sārtum u sisissiktum发送给他们，因为他们是神圣启示的物质轨迹的一部分，作为代理预兆。因此，他们为皇家占卜者提供了一种有效的物质手段，通过存在性衍生的预兆来交叉检查预言预兆，以辨别王国安全和成功的神圣指示。此外，sārtum u sissiktum在一个更大的占卜系统中构成了两个数据点，该系统主要通过材料和可观察的媒介来识别神圣的意志。
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The Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions (JANER) focuses on the religions of the area commonly referred to as the Ancient Near East encompassing Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, and Anatolia, as well as immediately adjacent areas under their cultural influence, from prehistoric times onward to the beginning of the common era. JANER thus explicitly aims to include not only the Biblical, Hellenistic and Roman world as part of Ancient Near Eastern civilization but also the impact of its religions on the western Mediterranean. JANER is the only scholarly journal specifically and exclusively addressing this range of topics.
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