tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post6808412596454082280..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Boopis and Cvl AlpGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-46104080744131217702014-03-02T17:56:19.838-06:002014-03-02T17:56:19.838-06:00Please forgive the off-topic, but in the absence o...Please forgive the off-topic, but in the absence of somewhere else to post - I wonder if you have seen this?<br />http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n5/full/ncomms2871.htmlCraig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05087210177610932108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-3282958371860171062014-01-23T18:42:05.854-06:002014-01-23T18:42:05.854-06:00There's also Punic Pene Baal 'Face of Baal...There's also Punic <i>Pene Baal</i> 'Face of Baal', the epithet of Tanit.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-40090393579889980462014-01-21T20:05:37.113-06:002014-01-21T20:05:37.113-06:00Hmm...
On the one hand, Hathor's associations ...Hmm...<br />On the one hand, Hathor's associations are with life, (re)birth, glee (both in the modern sense of "happiness" and in the ancient sense of "music"), and on the other with Horus: etymologically, at least according to Wikipedia, her name comes from ḥwt (large stucture: mansion, temple, palace) + ḥr (Horus; face; (up)on, and, also, per, because of, originating Casey Goransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515485425230479050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-11826404045648284152014-01-17T13:54:34.910-06:002014-01-17T13:54:34.910-06:00Yes, I think there is. In such a case, a Phoenicia...Yes, I think there is. In such a case, a Phoenician or Ugaritic origin could explain it. The additional ending <b>-za</b> is an Etruscan diminutive.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-13182889843375501372014-01-17T06:36:28.402-06:002014-01-17T06:36:28.402-06:00Alp reminds me of Semitic *'alp 'bull'...Alp reminds me of Semitic *'alp 'bull'. Is there a connection?PhoeniXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627425696035152752noreply@blogger.com