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Bisiten Inscription
Rosetta Stone of cuneiform
Bisiten Inscription
Rosetta Stone of cuneiform
typology
study/interpretation of symbols and numbers
etiology
mythological/story based explanation of phenomena
monotheism
belief in one god
polytheism
belief in multiple gods
genealogy
line of familial descent, fluid in Mesopotamian gods
henotheism
belief in one god above others but still accepting the existence of other gods
syncretism
fusion of distinct separate entities/beliefs into one
lexical texts
texts given in multiple languages side-by-side
didactic
moral teaching
me
divine properties and aural attributes of a god
outer gate of heaven
Anu
Enlil
Ea/Enki
inner gate of heaven
Sin
Shamash
Adad
Ishtar
recension
another version of a text
corvee service
citizens made available for public works
lex talionis
law of the claw
colophon
in manuscripts, the note at the end left by the scribe who copied it giving information on the exemplar, where/when the copy was made, sometimes his own name
ummia
craftsman, teacher, builder
dream incubation
offering/dreaming in the temple of god in hopes the god would plant the seed of an omen in the individual
extispicy
type of omen in which an animal is cut open and the liver is read in order to receive a message from the gods
highly associated with Shamash
liver used because varies between animals and is susceptible to changes/abnormalities
acrostic poem
first letter of each line spells something
bala
“reign, dynasty”
“to turn”
“turn (allotted time)”
every city has a “turn” bearing kingship
typology
study/interpretation of symbols and numbers
