Maarten Kossmann
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Berber linguistics // linguistique amazighe // ⵜⵎⵓⵙⵏⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Universiteit Leiden
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/maarten-kossmann
Profile picture: RIL 176
Universiteit Leiden
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/maarten-kossmann
Profile picture: RIL 176
NB Chabot (of course) already saw this and I cannot imagine nobody has written about it since, so if you happen to know, I’d be grateful for the reference!
(as far as I can see, both Morea Aguiar and Rebuffat treat it like a name without further discussion)
(as far as I can see, both Morea Aguiar and Rebuffat treat it like a name without further discussion)
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
NB Chabot (of course) already saw this and I cannot imagine nobody has written about it since, so if you happen to know, I’d be grateful for the reference!
(as far as I can see, both Morea Aguiar and Rebuffat treat it like a name without further discussion)
(as far as I can see, both Morea Aguiar and Rebuffat treat it like a name without further discussion)
The word occurs in two longer inscriptions:
RIL 421 WRMZ WRHB “WRMZ son of RHB”
RIL 230 WRMHZ WMRW MSKRH “WRMZ son of MRW from the Misiciri ethnic group”
It is certainly a name in these texts.
NB: H is some inconsistent way to write a vowel (not unlike what neo-Punic does).
But then:
RIL 421 WRMZ WRHB “WRMZ son of RHB”
RIL 230 WRMHZ WMRW MSKRH “WRMZ son of MRW from the Misiciri ethnic group”
It is certainly a name in these texts.
NB: H is some inconsistent way to write a vowel (not unlike what neo-Punic does).
But then:
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The word occurs in two longer inscriptions:
RIL 421 WRMZ WRHB “WRMZ son of RHB”
RIL 230 WRMHZ WMRW MSKRH “WRMZ son of MRW from the Misiciri ethnic group”
It is certainly a name in these texts.
NB: H is some inconsistent way to write a vowel (not unlike what neo-Punic does).
But then:
RIL 421 WRMZ WRHB “WRMZ son of RHB”
RIL 230 WRMHZ WMRW MSKRH “WRMZ son of MRW from the Misiciri ethnic group”
It is certainly a name in these texts.
NB: H is some inconsistent way to write a vowel (not unlike what neo-Punic does).
But then:
There is a whole series of stelae elsewhere which carry the one-word inscription WRMZ (RIL 286, 318, 319, 397, 942).
What to think about this? In principle, names with WR- are well-known, and live on in modern ethnic names like Ayt Wertilan or Ayt Waryaghel.
Moreover:
What to think about this? In principle, names with WR- are well-known, and live on in modern ethnic names like Ayt Wertilan or Ayt Waryaghel.
Moreover:
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
There is a whole series of stelae elsewhere which carry the one-word inscription WRMZ (RIL 286, 318, 319, 397, 942).
What to think about this? In principle, names with WR- are well-known, and live on in modern ethnic names like Ayt Wertilan or Ayt Waryaghel.
Moreover:
What to think about this? In principle, names with WR- are well-known, and live on in modern ethnic names like Ayt Wertilan or Ayt Waryaghel.
Moreover:
The lush banana forest at the hortus botanicus yesterday
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The lush banana forest at the hortus botanicus yesterday
here's the other one
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
here's the other one
not a guinea pig, -apologies-, but still for @nathanielbdemiller.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
not a guinea pig, -apologies-, but still for @nathanielbdemiller.bsky.social
Chabot gets irritated (RIL 873)
October 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Chabot gets irritated (RIL 873)
However, while reading through RIL, I stumbled upon RIL 560 and 561 which are almost identical:
560 MM // MTS // NNBIH
561 MM[H] // BNS // NNBIH
Both have a floating US above the main text.
NNBIH is an ethnonym, and MM(H) is apparently a name.
But what about MTS and BNS? (and US)
560 MM // MTS // NNBIH
561 MM[H] // BNS // NNBIH
Both have a floating US above the main text.
NNBIH is an ethnonym, and MM(H) is apparently a name.
But what about MTS and BNS? (and US)
October 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
However, while reading through RIL, I stumbled upon RIL 560 and 561 which are almost identical:
560 MM // MTS // NNBIH
561 MM[H] // BNS // NNBIH
Both have a floating US above the main text.
NNBIH is an ethnonym, and MM(H) is apparently a name.
But what about MTS and BNS? (and US)
560 MM // MTS // NNBIH
561 MM[H] // BNS // NNBIH
Both have a floating US above the main text.
NNBIH is an ethnonym, and MM(H) is apparently a name.
But what about MTS and BNS? (and US)
Note to self.
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Note to self.
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
Cf. (not untypically, Chabot’s index is incomplete here)
October 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Cf. (not untypically, Chabot’s index is incomplete here)
Apparently Gonzague Ryckmans, best known for his work on Arabian inscriptions, also worked on Libyan texts in Algeria — which makes sense, as he collaborated with Chabot. Assuming this is the same G. Ryckmans of course 🤷
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October 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Apparently Gonzague Ryckmans, best known for his work on Arabian inscriptions, also worked on Libyan texts in Algeria — which makes sense, as he collaborated with Chabot. Assuming this is the same G. Ryckmans of course 🤷
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Impressive work pace by Abbé Chabot in 1916 - studying 1000 Punic votive inscriptions + tens of funerary and other texts in a time span of just three weeks 🤯
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October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Impressive work pace by Abbé Chabot in 1916 - studying 1000 Punic votive inscriptions + tens of funerary and other texts in a time span of just three weeks 🤯
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October 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Is ear really related to hear? Our Dutch etymologists don’t believe it (but I have no idea about the current ideas)
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Is ear really related to hear? Our Dutch etymologists don’t believe it (but I have no idea about the current ideas)
Abbot Chabot would have been a marvellous Reviewer 2.
(I understand his frustration: all we have is a badly made copy of this rare bilingual inscription that got lost somehow - RIL 803)
(I understand his frustration: all we have is a badly made copy of this rare bilingual inscription that got lost somehow - RIL 803)
October 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Abbot Chabot would have been a marvellous Reviewer 2.
(I understand his frustration: all we have is a badly made copy of this rare bilingual inscription that got lost somehow - RIL 803)
(I understand his frustration: all we have is a badly made copy of this rare bilingual inscription that got lost somehow - RIL 803)
could this be a meme?
October 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
could this be a meme?
Corresponding to:
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Corresponding to:
According to a specialist consulted in 1915, the letters are largely Etruscan, but the language is not. M.J. Martha gave the following transcription of the text:
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
According to a specialist consulted in 1915, the letters are largely Etruscan, but the language is not. M.J. Martha gave the following transcription of the text:
October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
October 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Etruscologists!
I am curious if there been any back-up on this inscription in letters “d’apparence étrusque” found in Tunisia? Quote from Chabot, Recueil d’inscriptions libyques; 1941, p. 8.
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I am curious if there been any back-up on this inscription in letters “d’apparence étrusque” found in Tunisia? Quote from Chabot, Recueil d’inscriptions libyques; 1941, p. 8.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Etruscologists!
I am curious if there been any back-up on this inscription in letters “d’apparence étrusque” found in Tunisia? Quote from Chabot, Recueil d’inscriptions libyques; 1941, p. 8.
@olawikander.bsky.social @mattitiahu.bsky.social
@lameensouag.bsky.social
I am curious if there been any back-up on this inscription in letters “d’apparence étrusque” found in Tunisia? Quote from Chabot, Recueil d’inscriptions libyques; 1941, p. 8.
@olawikander.bsky.social @mattitiahu.bsky.social
@lameensouag.bsky.social
