One who brings silence to a question shall lose the seat of questioning. That person shall not again write a question. One who brings silence to the king’s question shall be removed from the House. The name shall not be restored to the line of Questioners.
現在の解釈
A late institutional regulation governing Questioner status and expulsion.
研究史
Evidence for increasingly severe professional consequences attached to unanswered questions.
資料解説
Object study image · Naduma Archaeological Project
The inscription prompted reevaluation of “silence” as a social as well as ritual category.