Deux Cas Particuliers De Phrase Coupée Sans L'Opérateur Énonciatif 'IN

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that cleft sentences sometimes lack the introductory particle in when their first member is a personal name. Thus, the difficulties arising from the translation of the dedication formula ‘(king) NN ir.n.f m mnw.f’ may be easily resolved if we consider this very ancient pattern, first found on the Palermo Stone, as such an example of cleft sentence without in, built on the nominal śdm.n.f in the second member (Pattern in NN /śdm.n.f). Another very common stereotyped pattern beginning with a personal name may also be recognized as such a participial statement without in: the formula engraved on many bronze statuettes of the Late Period, ‘(god/goddess) NN di 'nḫ’. Suggested translations of these formulae are ‘it is (the king) NN who did (this) as his monument (to)’ and ‘it is (the god) NN who gave life (to)’.