From: "Walter R. Mattfeld" <mattfeld12 AT charter.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Amalek
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:26:22 -0400
Yigal is quite right about the absence of the name "Amalek" in Ancient Near
Eastern sources, outside of the Hebrew Bible, of the Iron II period (ca. the
9th-6th century BCE) or earlier.
My own research has, however, noted some _possible_ "remnants" of the name
in geographical landforms and sites on maps of the Negev.
Musil's map (cf. Alois Musil. _Karte von Arabia Petraea_. Vienna, Austria.
1907. Scale: 1:300,000) has the following (note his spellings differ from
modern renderings) :
1) A region called Rmejlet el-M'allaka SW of Bir es-Seba (modern Beersheba)
and N of el-Halasa/Khalasa, and E of ard es-Sini
2) Ma'el -Mallaka near Wadi el-Mallaka, on the SW side of Rmejlet
el-M'allaka
3) A town called Malek, W of Tell al-Fare (Modern Tell Farah)
Regards, Walter
Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld y de la Torre, MA Ed.