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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Myra Wysinger: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters:[/QUOTE][b]King Tañyidamani, and the Meroitic lion-god Apedemek (110 BC-90 BC)[/b] [IMG]http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/ap.jpg[/IMG] The most interesting Meroitic text concerning Apedemak is found on the votive tablet of Tañyidamani which is now found in the Paris Museum. On this votive tablet Tañyidamani is depicted on the obverse side , and the god Apedemak on the reverse side. On the reverse side of the Tañyidamani votive tablet the god Apedemak is depicted wearing a short apron and hemhem crown. On this votive tablet Apedemak also wears armlets, bracelets, a collar and pectoral. Inside a panel in front of Apedemak we find a cursive Meroitic inscription. The inscriptions in the panel on the reverse side of the votive tablet of King Tañyidamani make it clear that the king acknowledged the important role the god Apedemak played in his life. These inscriptions can be read either from right to left or top to bottom. Reading from right to left we read: TRANSLITERATION OF REVERSE SIDE OF VOTIVE TABLET OF KING TAÑYIDAMANI 1. w e to 2. q tel 3. w to si 4.tone m-k 5. d.[l]..r-i 6.te i TRANSLATION 1. You (it is Apedemak who) gives guidance. 2. Revitalize support (for me King Tañyidamani). 3. You guide (me) to satisfaction. 4. (And ) much reverence (for your patron). 5. Give (it) amicably (to me). 6. May (it go forth). Reading this same inscription top to bottom we find the following: TRANSLITERATION OF THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE VOTIVE TABLET OF KING TAÑYIDAMANI 1. w q b-to d-te. 2. e te to m ne l. 3. toe i skr-i. TRANSLATION 1. (Oh Apedemak) Guide and Make Honor (for your patron). 2. Give here your (full) measure of Good indeed. 3. (It is) thou (Apedemak who) give(s) leave to eminence (for your patron). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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