A Ugaritic Incantation against Snakebite (KTU 1.178 / RS 92.2014)
Introduction Later today, in my Advanced Ugaritic seminar, I will present and lead a discussion on KTU 1.178 (= RS 92.2014), a Ugaritic incantation against... Read More
Matthew Saunders
Matthew Saunders is a PhD student in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He researches the languages and literatures of the ancient Near East, especially Aramaic Studies, Ugaritic Studies, and Comparative Semitics.
Semitic Consonant Correspondences
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Introduction The impetus for this post is my regular need to pull up a chart of Semitic and/or Afro-Asiatic consonant correspondences, mostly for the languages... Read More
M. Richey: A (Brief) Literature Review
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Introduction Madadh Richey, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brandeis University, will be giving a department lecture at Johns Hopkins later today, April 10th, titled... Read More
Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter Two, “Orthography”
Introduction This is the second post in a series that provides a resource to learn or review Biblical Aramaic and its related (Middle) Aramaic dialects... Read More
Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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Introduction For the past two months, I’ve been meaning to write a post about my recent trip to Tanzania in East Africa back in January... Read More
Two New (Online) Publications
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Introduction The purpose of this post is to draw your attention to two new publications of mine in the online Database of Religious History (DRH).... Read More
Semester in Review: Fall 2023 at JHU
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As 2023 comes to a close and a new year begins, I spent quite a bit of time reflecting on the previous semester at Johns... Read More
A copper nail inscription of Ur-Nanše (E1.9.1.7)
Introduction The following text is an inscription that records Ur-Nanše’s construction of the shrine of G̃irsu. It is known from about 20 copies including nails,... Read More