Texts Flashcards
(15 cards)
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The Barton Cylinder
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Sumerian Cosmogony Nippur, written in Adab Clay Cylinder G. Barton - named + trans. Nippur Cylinder - Kramer Extra - Alster Enlil and Ninhursag = Kes + Adab
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Enki and Ninhursag
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Sumerian cosmogony of diseases Hallo = compilation of texts Many locations Series of texts opposite of Adam and Eve.
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Enlil and Ninlil
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2 identical texts, one from Akkadian late 3rd millenium Clay Tablets Nippur Trans. 1918 B. Barton Rewritings of Enki and Ninhursag
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Inanna’s Descent into the Netherworld
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Nippur + Ur Sumerian --> Akkadian 3rd dynasty of Ur Kramer trans. 1945 Shaffer and Alster
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Enki and the World Order
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Sumerian
Nippur
Multiple hymns - Hallo
Recent trans. Kramer 1989
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Enuma Elish
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Akkadian Old Babylonian Period Library of Nineveh 7 clay tablets 115-170 lines Babylonian tablets of creation 7 tablets of creation Trans. Smith 1876 Genesis - Bible
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Astra-Hasis
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Akkadian Nippur pub. 1969 OBV & SBV versions Cosmogony of man
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Song of Kumarbi
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Hurrian-Hittite Hattusa 3 tablets - frag. Trans. Goetze 1955 Hittite = best pres. Kingship of Heaven Kumarbi Cycle
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Lugal-E/ Ninurtas Exploits
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Hurrian-Hittite
Hattusa
bilingual text
From Tigris tradition
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Song of Hedammu
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Hurrian-Hittite Hattusa Trans. Goetze 1955 Kumarbi Cycle Dragon Slayer Myth
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Song Ullikummi
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Hurrian-Hittite Hattusa Trans. Goetze 1955 Kumarbi Cycle Dragon Slayer Myth
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Song of Silver
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Hurrian-Hittite Hattusa Trans. Hoffner Kumarbi Cycle Dragon Slayer Myth
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The Song of Release
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Hurrian-Hittite
Hattusa
The Song of Liberation
released in 1990 - forefront of research
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Philon of Byblos
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Phoenician Rome Written in Greek by Roman Phoenician descent? Hesiods Theogony Hellenised Cosmogony
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The Aqhat
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Ugaritic Ras Shamra tablet alph. cuneiform ritual based Phoenician myth
