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The Arslan Tash amulets are talismans found at Arslan Tash, literally meaning "Stone Lion" (Turkish; Arslan - ''Lion'', Taş - ''Stone'') in northwest Syria, the site of ancient Hadatu. They are to be distinguished from larger finds such as the Arslan Tash reliefs. In 1933 Count Robert du Mesnil du Buisson purchased from a peasant〔''Syria'' 75-76 Edmond Pottier, René Dussaud, Gaston Migeon - 1998 "En tout cas, ce paysan les a vendus "pour un faible prix" au Comte du Mesnil du Buisson lors de sa visite du site"〕 two inscribed limestone plaques "Arslan Tash 1" ("AT1") and the smaller "Arslan Tash 2" ("AT2") which are now in the Museum of Aleppo. His drawings and photographs of AT1 were published in 1939.〔Robert du Mesnil du Boisson, “Une tablette magique de la région du moyen Euphrate,” in Mélange syriens offerts à M. René Dussaud 1, Paris, 1939, 421-34〕 Count du Mesnil du Buisson made gypsum casts of the tablets, though these are now lost.〔Letter from Prof. Caquot to van Dijk, dated 13 October 1989〕 Since the small rectangular plaque had a hole in one end it was identified as an amulet. On the obverse is a winged lion with a human head (a talismanic figure) standing over a she-wolf with a scorpion's tail (a demonic figure) devouring a male or female figure. On the reverse is a marching god with late-Assyrian headgear carrying an axe instead of the expected lightning bolt. ==Translations== Working from du Mesnil du Buisson's photographs, and in some cases casts, the text on the plaque "AT1" was translated by Dupont-Sommer (1939),〔A. Dupont-Sommer: “L'Inscription de l'amulette d'Arslan Tash” in RHR, Paris, 1939,〕 Albright (1939),〔BASOR 1939〕 Gaster (1942)〔T. H. Gaster: “A Canaanitic Magical Text” in OR, Rome, 1942, Vol. XI, p. 41ff 4.〕 (1947)〔Gaster "The Magical Inscription from Arslan Tash," JNES 6 (1947), pp. 186-188;〕 Torczyner (1947)〔H. Torczyner, "A Hebrew Incantation Against Night Demons from Biblical Times," JNES 6 (1947) (on JSTOR )〕 Cross and Saley (1970)〔Frank Moore Cross, Jr. and Richard J. Saley, "Phoenician Incantations on a Plaque of the Seventh Century b.c. from Arslan Tash in Upper Syria", BASOR 197 (1970), 42-9.〕 Texidor (1971)〔J. Teixidor, Syria 48 (1971), 472-4.〕 Caquot (1973),〔A. Caquot, "Observations sur la Premiere Tablette Magique d'Arslan Tash", JANES 5 (1973), 45-51.〕 and Röllig (1974).〔W. Röllig: “Die Amulette von Arslan Tash” in Neue Ephemeris für Semitische Epigraphik. Wiesbaden, 1974,〕 Albright introduced some readings which have now been shown to be incorrect, modern scholarship now follows Caquot. The text includes a broken word ''lly-'' which with the addition of ''-t'' could possibly be analogous to the Hebrew Lilith, or ''ll wyn'' "night and day".〔Manfred Hutter, Sylvia Hutter-Braunsar ''Offizielle Religion, lokale Kulte und individuelle Religiosität'' 2004〕〔Guy Bunnens,J. D. Hawkins,I. Leirens ''A new Luwian stele and the cult of the storm-god at Til Barsib-Masuwari''〕 Mesnil du Buisson and Caquot published AT2 in 1971. It shows a male demon, ''"m-z-h"''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arslan Tash amulets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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