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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: In Meroitic the word Nob, did not mean slave, it was used as an ethnonym for the Nob(a) or Nubian people. [/QUOTE]Rilly claims what you are saying is not a problem, that in texts written in Greek the Nubians describe themselves with the meriotic word nob meaning slave or day laborer, so this word is also an ethnonym for the Nob(a) or Nubian people. [/i] [/qb][/QUOTE]Think about what you wrote. Do you really believe the Nubians would call themselves slaves? The Meroitic records make it clear they had kings and were powerful fighters. I did not see in any Meroitic text I read where they were subjugated by the Meroites. In fact according to Axumite records the Nubians helped conquer the Meroites. [IMG]http://olmec98.net/Noba.gif[/IMG] Did Rilly cite the Nubian document where he found the Nubians describing themselves as slaves. You have to take much of what Rilly says about Meroitic with a grain of salt. He admits he can not read the script. Rilly believes it belongs to the Nilo-Saharan phylum and more accurately to a sub-branch termed “Northern East Sudanic” (NES), together with Nara, Nubian, Tama and Nyimang. He claims he has been possible to reconstruct parts of the remote history of the Proto-NES speakers, who were originally cattle-herders nomadising in the Wadi Howar reach, between Kordofan and Darfur. The reconstruction of Proto-NES is well and good, but the Meroites did not speak Nubian. In fact as I have pointed out on numerous occasions the Nubians were their enemies. I outline in detail the Meroitic language in my book. Here you can find out how to read Meroitic inscriptions. Meroitic Writing and Literature [IMG]http://olmec98.net/meroitic.jpg[/IMG] Meroitic Writing and Literature is divided into three parts. The first part of the book explains how I used the Kushana hypothesis to decipher the Meroitic script. It will outline the Classical literature that informed my decipherment of Meroitic and how Buddhists early settled in Upper Egypt and the Meroitic Empire and spread their religion and writing system: Tocharian. In Part two we outline the grammar of Meroitic. It will provide readers with a detailed overview of the Meroitic language and its grammar. Part Three provides translations of key Meroitic text. These texts provide knowledge of the lifeway’s of the Meroites especially their religion and some historical data. The Meroitic literature discussed in this book include : The Inscriptions of Tanyidamani; The Meroitic Chamber Inscription of Philae; and Meroitic Evidence for a Blemmy Empire in the Dodekaschoinas. These text were chosen because they include text written in archaic Meroitic (Tanyidemani), and other text written in late Meroitic. Meroitic Writing and Literature, is the first account of the Meroitic language and literature. It will allow readers the opportunity to learn how to read/decipher Meroitic text, while acquiring an intimate knowledge of the Meroites as individuals. Createspace e-Store: https://www.createspace.com/4241733 . . . [/QB][/QUOTE]
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