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2 unusual facts about Aramaic of Hatra


Aramaic of Hatra

This detail distinguishes Hatran as well as Syriac and Mandaic from the western Jewish and Christian dialects.

A weakening of the laryngeal ‘ayn; in one inscription, the masculine singular demonstrative adjective is written ‘dyn (‘dyn ktb’ "this inscription") which corresponds to Mandaic and Babylonian Talmudic Aramaic hādēn.



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