Template:Did you know nominations/Marzēaḥ

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:26, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Marzēaḥ

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• ... that an inscription from a 243 AD inscription for a leader of the marzēaḥ ends with blesses blessings for his sons, the scribe, the person in charge of the cooking, the cupbearer and other assistants?

• Source: https://archive.org/details/archivesfromelep0000port

• ALT1: ... that the relationship between the marzēaḥ and veneration of the dead is still debated among scholars, due to sporadic literary evidence?

• Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23621930

• ALT2: ... that a 243 AD inscription for a leader of an ancient Semitic religious ceremony, ends with blessings for his sons, the scribe, the person in charge of the cooking, the cupbearer and other assistants?
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Created by פעמי-עליון (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

TNM101 (chat) 07:21, 17 November 2024 (UTC).

• Working on this review Alan Islas (talk) 15:57, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
• Apologies for the delay, did not have time lately. Did some Copyediting on the article, correcting a few typos. Did not find any other issues, see checklist below. I think the hook is interesting, but changed it a bit.

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QPQ: None required.

Overall: No problems found. Hook edited slightly. Alan Islas (talk) 14:31, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

@Alan Islas and TNM101: Hi, the hook needs more context for readers unfamiliar with ancient Semitic religious practices—otherwise known as nearly all readers. Please ping me when this is done. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:42, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

I have added alt2 for the original blurb, but I will say it is quite hard to provide more context without exceeding the 200-character limit. TNM101 (chat) 15:41, 3 January 2025 (UTC)