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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 612: mrzḥ šmš

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Phoenicia
iii. Site Unknown

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) מרזח שמש (IEJ 32 (1982): 118-28, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) mrzḥ šmš

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:šmš: Shamash
iii. Descriptive terms מרזח, mrzḥ
Note mrzḥ: IEJ 32 (1982): 118-28, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IEJ 32 (1982): 118-28 (IV BC)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Aramaic dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Inscription on a bronze bowl
ii. Source(s) provenance Bought in Switzerland, said to come from the Lebanon

XII. NOTES

i. Comments According to Avigad/Greenfield 1982, "we" - a female group - offer two cups to the mrzḥ of Shamash. But Amadasi 1987 shows that "we" refers to the cups, who describe themselves as offerings for the mrzḥ.
iii. Bibliography Avigad, N., and Greenfield, J.C. (1982), 'A Bronze phialē with a Phoenician Dedicatory Inscription', IEJ 32: 118-28.
Guzzo Amadasi, M.G. (1987), 'Under Western Eyes', SEL 4: 121-8.
McLaughlin, J.L. (2001), The marzēaḥ in the Prophetic Literature. References and Allusions in Light of the Extra-Biblical Evidence. Leiden/Boston (37-8).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It is unclear whether or not mrzḥ means an association here; maybe it should rather be taken in the sense of "festival" or "banquet/symposion".