TY - JOUR
T1 - The Late Babylonian Series of 'Ancient Sumerian'
T2 - Structure, Contents, and the Agency of Ritual Texts
AU - Debourse, Céline
AU - Gabbay, Uri
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PY - 2024/6/30
Y1 - 2024/6/30
N2 - In this article, we shed new light on the series with the emic title 'Ancient Sumerian', previously known from the Late Babylonian ritual texts for the New Year Festival. We first establish a new reading of the title, the key to which lies in a Late Babylonian pseudepigraphic letter. Following that, we present the contents of the series, including the edition of the hitherto unpublished tablet BM 32544+ that according to its colophon belongs to the series. Finally, we discuss the possible purposes of the series in its Late Babylonian context, where ritual in its written form took on an unprecedented role in the temple cult.
AB - In this article, we shed new light on the series with the emic title 'Ancient Sumerian', previously known from the Late Babylonian ritual texts for the New Year Festival. We first establish a new reading of the title, the key to which lies in a Late Babylonian pseudepigraphic letter. Following that, we present the contents of the series, including the edition of the hitherto unpublished tablet BM 32544+ that according to its colophon belongs to the series. Finally, we discuss the possible purposes of the series in its Late Babylonian context, where ritual in its written form took on an unprecedented role in the temple cult.
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U2 - 10.1515/za-2024-0005
DO - 10.1515/za-2024-0005
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AN - SCOPUS:85195878830
SN - 0084-5299
VL - 114
SP - 28
EP - 42
JO - Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie
JF - Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie
IS - 1
ER -