TY - JOUR
T1 - A New Manuscript of Ninĝišzida's Journey to the Netherworld A Sumerian Myth in its Scribal and Literary Context
AU - Gabbay, Uri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2020.
PY - 2020/8/5
Y1 - 2020/8/5
N2 - The article presents an edition of a new manuscript of the Old Babylonian Sumerian myth Ninĝišzida's Journey to the Netherworld from the Louvre museum. The article deals with the complex literary transmission of this composition, known in different versions with much variation. The myth, lamentful in tone, and including Emesal vocabulary and litanies, is compared to the corpus of Emesal prayers, especially the laments over Damu. The myth is also examined in light of an Old Babylonian Akkadian myth on Ninĝišzida's descent to the netherworld.
AB - The article presents an edition of a new manuscript of the Old Babylonian Sumerian myth Ninĝišzida's Journey to the Netherworld from the Louvre museum. The article deals with the complex literary transmission of this composition, known in different versions with much variation. The myth, lamentful in tone, and including Emesal vocabulary and litanies, is compared to the corpus of Emesal prayers, especially the laments over Damu. The myth is also examined in light of an Old Babylonian Akkadian myth on Ninĝišzida's descent to the netherworld.
KW - Akkadian
KW - Emesal
KW - Ninĝišzida
KW - Sumerian
KW - myth
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113182140&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/aofo-2020-0005
DO - 10.1515/aofo-2020-0005
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AN - SCOPUS:85113182140
SN - 0232-8461
VL - 47
SP - 67
EP - 90
JO - Altorientalische Forschungen
JF - Altorientalische Forschungen
IS - 1
ER -