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Can someone expand this sentence? I tried to check the source but I don't access to it. So however does can they say something like 'it's a major tourist hub' or just any descriptor instead of this dry, weird proclamation. Julia Domna Ba'al ( talk) 10:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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GA from 2015. Main problem is some unsourced material here and there. Though I do feel that if someone puts their time and energy into this article then they could easily fix it. Onegreatjoke ( talk) 04:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Problems that I have spotted:
Steelkamp ( talk) 16:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
This source, which seems to be reliable, claims it was initially Rabbath Amman, with Amm denoting ancestry from an -an; and that Ammon was only used in Hebrew, which would explain why it was still called Amman by the Umayyads. Any other sources that support this claim, considering that the overwhelming majority of sources I recall reading claim Rabbath Ammon, and that it meant king's quarter?
“ | The Ammonites, known from biblical, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, derive their name from a presumed ancestor and eponym 'Amman. This is an Amorite name, attested since the early second millennium B.C., especially in the Mari archives'. Its base is formed by the noun 'amm, "forefather" in ancient Semitic?, with the affix -an. The form "Ammon, witnessing the change > 0, is Hebrew, while Akkadian and Greek notations, based on the spoken language, show that the Ammonites were calling themselves Bani 'Amman', their land was Bet 'Amman", and their capital was called Rabbat 'Amman', present-day Amman. Despite the antiquity of the name, no literary sources from the Bronze Age, not even the Egyptian topographical lists, mention the region occupied by the Ammonites in the Iron Age. It means that it fell outside the Pharaonic sphere of influence, although archaeological findings reveal a cultural and economic impact of Egypt. | ” |
On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical by Lipiński, Edward (2006). Makeandtoss ( talk) 11:50, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
I knew I had come across the name Lipinski before! See here, p. 292; rbt meaning 10,000 and with an extended meaning, "multitudes". Not of immediate help, but maybe related. Still: ribat as a fort might be closer to what we need. Maybe. Or are ri- and ra- unrelated? Here is where I stop. Arminden ( talk) 17:34, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
Requires a dedicated section and holistic mention in the lede. Makeandtoss ( talk) 12:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
@ Uness232 living really close to the border with Jordan, believe me this is a winter blossom in this picture. We don’t have spring here in the Middle East. In April things are already starting to get dry and die. דולב חולב ( talk) 02:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
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Can someone expand this sentence? I tried to check the source but I don't access to it. So however does can they say something like 'it's a major tourist hub' or just any descriptor instead of this dry, weird proclamation. Julia Domna Ba'al ( talk) 10:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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GA from 2015. Main problem is some unsourced material here and there. Though I do feel that if someone puts their time and energy into this article then they could easily fix it. Onegreatjoke ( talk) 04:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Problems that I have spotted:
Steelkamp ( talk) 16:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
This source, which seems to be reliable, claims it was initially Rabbath Amman, with Amm denoting ancestry from an -an; and that Ammon was only used in Hebrew, which would explain why it was still called Amman by the Umayyads. Any other sources that support this claim, considering that the overwhelming majority of sources I recall reading claim Rabbath Ammon, and that it meant king's quarter?
“ | The Ammonites, known from biblical, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, derive their name from a presumed ancestor and eponym 'Amman. This is an Amorite name, attested since the early second millennium B.C., especially in the Mari archives'. Its base is formed by the noun 'amm, "forefather" in ancient Semitic?, with the affix -an. The form "Ammon, witnessing the change > 0, is Hebrew, while Akkadian and Greek notations, based on the spoken language, show that the Ammonites were calling themselves Bani 'Amman', their land was Bet 'Amman", and their capital was called Rabbat 'Amman', present-day Amman. Despite the antiquity of the name, no literary sources from the Bronze Age, not even the Egyptian topographical lists, mention the region occupied by the Ammonites in the Iron Age. It means that it fell outside the Pharaonic sphere of influence, although archaeological findings reveal a cultural and economic impact of Egypt. | ” |
On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical by Lipiński, Edward (2006). Makeandtoss ( talk) 11:50, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
I knew I had come across the name Lipinski before! See here, p. 292; rbt meaning 10,000 and with an extended meaning, "multitudes". Not of immediate help, but maybe related. Still: ribat as a fort might be closer to what we need. Maybe. Or are ri- and ra- unrelated? Here is where I stop. Arminden ( talk) 17:34, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
Requires a dedicated section and holistic mention in the lede. Makeandtoss ( talk) 12:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
@ Uness232 living really close to the border with Jordan, believe me this is a winter blossom in this picture. We don’t have spring here in the Middle East. In April things are already starting to get dry and die. דולב חולב ( talk) 02:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC)