25 avril 2013
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masamuwa, « The almattu-azibtu Formula in the Emar Texts », REFEMA, ID : 10.58079/tj9n
The almattu-azibtu Formula in the Emar Texts Masamichi YAMADA ABSTRACT This study deals with the almattu-azibtu formula, the enigmatic expression that a certain woman is almattu itti almanāti azibtu itti azbāti, "a widow with widows (and) a divorcée with divorcées," which is attested in six Emar texts of Syro-Hittite type. Through an analysis of these texts, the following three features are particularly noteworthy: (1) the women concerned are free women; (2) but they are in a socio-economica...