TY - JOUR
T1 - A literary topos of abundance
T2 - Two emesal prayers to enki
AU - Gabbay, Uri
AU - Mirelman, Sam
AU - Reid, Nicholas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2020.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - This study analyses a literary topos concerning the abundance of natural phenomena, including fresh water, reed beds and fish. The standardised sequence listing such abundant natural features occurs in two previously unpublished tablets containing Emesal prayers concerning the god Enki, published in this article. The Old Babylonian tablet, of unknown provenance, attests to a unique composition. The tablet from Late Babylonian Ur, which is partially paralleled by a previously known manuscript, includes performative indications.
AB - This study analyses a literary topos concerning the abundance of natural phenomena, including fresh water, reed beds and fish. The standardised sequence listing such abundant natural features occurs in two previously unpublished tablets containing Emesal prayers concerning the god Enki, published in this article. The Old Babylonian tablet, of unknown provenance, attests to a unique composition. The tablet from Late Babylonian Ur, which is partially paralleled by a previously known manuscript, includes performative indications.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090282455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/za-2020-0003
DO - 10.1515/za-2020-0003
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AN - SCOPUS:85090282455
SN - 0084-5299
VL - 110
SP - 25
EP - 36
JO - Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie
JF - Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie
IS - 1
ER -