[Archaeology Magazine] Arslan Kaya, TurkeyWikimedia Commons
Posted on 11/28/2024 6:02:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A researcher says he has deciphered an ancient, heavily damaged inscription carved on a 2,600-year-old monument in Turkey.
The monument, which is engraved with images of lions and sphinxes, is known as Arslan Kaya (also spelled Aslan Kaya), which means "lion rock" in Turkish. The inscription spells out the name "Materan," a goddess of the Phrygians, who flourished in what is now Turkey from roughly 1200 to 600 B.C. They knew her "simply as the Mother," Mark Munn, a professor of ancient Greek history and archaeology at Pennsylvania State University who wrote a paper about the inscription, told Live Science in an email...
The monument is heavily damaged from weathering and looters, making the inscription extremely hard to read. What it says has been a source of debate since the 19th century, Munn noted in the paper. To solve the mystery, Munn photographed the inscription in detail when the light was good and reexamined older photographs and records of the inscription.
"Much depends upon the favorability of the light when photographs are taken," Munn wrote in the article, noting that the light was particularly good on the morning of April 25, 2024.
It makes sense that the monument would bear Materan's name, as it also contains an image of the goddess, Munn said. Materan's name would likely have been part of a larger inscription that explained who commissioned the inscription and who Materan was.
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[Archaeology Magazine] Arslan Kaya, TurkeyWikimedia Commons
[Archaeology Magazine] Arslan Kaya, TurkeyWikimedia Commons
The monument with the ancient inscription is known as Arslan Kaya (also spelled Aslan Kaya), which means "lion rock" in Turkish.Image credit: daphnusia via Alamy Stock Photo
The mother Mother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Has_Won
Love Has Won (LHW), also known as the Galactic Federation of Light and Joy Rains, is an American new religious movement which was led by Amy Carlson until her death in 2021. Carlson was referred to within the group as “Mother God”, who described herself as, among other things, the creator of the universe. The group has been described as a cult by many, including ex-members and media outlets. The group had between twelve and twenty full-time members who lived with Carlson at the time of her death.[3]
LOL. That commercial came to mind not long ago. I’m just old enough to remember seeing it on TV.
Inscription reads:
Yo mama say.
Followed by reply
Shut yo face.
It was a real mother to decipher…
That woman was so good in that role we still think of her.😆
The monument is heavily damaged from weathering and looters, making the inscription extremely hard to read.
Jewish identity: it all depends on the Mother.
"Much depends upon the favorability of the light when photographs are taken," Munn wrote in the article, noting that the light was particularly good on the morning of April 25, 2024.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
17 Nissan, 5784
Omer: Day Two
Jewish History
Passing of the Maharin (1883)
Haman Hanged (357 BCE)
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=04%2F25%2F2024
It makes sense that the monument would bear Materan's name, as it also contains an image of the goddess, Munn said. Materan's name would likely have been part of a larger inscription that explained who commissioned the inscription and who Materan was.
(The monument is heavily damaged from weathering and looters, making the inscription extremely hard to read.)
Ward had initially composed the song's melody in 1882 to accompany lyrics to "Materna", basis of the hymn, "O Mother dear, Jerusalem", though the hymn was not first published until 1892.[3] The combination of Ward's melody and Bates's poem was first entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910. The song is one of the most popular of the many American patriotic songs.[4]
Sponsored by Butterball?
The mother goddess is one of the oldest pagan gods. Has had a.resurgence in catholicism with the Marion cult.
Ah, yes, I see that little doorway at its bottom there!
Hellenistic Depiction of Matar Kubileya
The Phrygians worshipped the goddess Cybele. In their language it was known as Matar 'Mother', and was also referred to as Matar Kubileya 'Mother of the mountain' (from which the Greek Kybele and Latin Cybele derive) or Matar areyastin.[23] In her typical Phrygian form, she wears a long belted dress, a polos (a high cylindrical headdress), and a veil covering the whole body. The later version of Cybele was established by a pupil of Phidias, the sculptor Agoracritus, and became the image most widely adopted by Cybele's expanding following, both in the Aegean world and at Rome. It shows her humanized though still enthroned, her hand resting on an attendant lion and the other holding the tympanon, a circular frame drum, similar to a tambourine.
Translated:
“Momma, just killed a man.
Put a spear into his ear,
Pushed it in and now he’s dead”
Those Phrygians in the news again.
. Right up there with “Be sure to drink your Ovalt…”
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