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Reconstructing History from Ancient Inscriptions
The Lagash-Umma Border Conflict (revised third printing)
Häftad, 2002
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The Lagash Umma border dispute is the earliest well - documented interstate conflict known. From about 2500 to 2350 B.C.the Sumerian city - states of Lagash and Umma contested the right to exploit a tract of land on their common border, and their dispute is documented by a series of inscriptions …
Hurrian Musical Score from Ugarit
The Discovery of Mesopotamian Music
Häftad, 1984
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Harab Myth
Häftad, 1984
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The "dynastic chronicle" here termed the Harab myth (CT XL VI, no, 43) presents a new theme in Mesopotamian mythology, that of succeeding generations of gods who come to power through parricide and live in incest with mother, sister, or both. This copy of the text is Late Babylonian with a mixture …
Akkadian Namburbu Texts
An Introduction
Häftad, 1974
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Namburbi is the title of a group of typical Babylonian incantations, used to "undo" or avert portended evil. Consisting of both rituals and prayers, they provide a response to the observed events taken by the Mesopotamians to be signs of future happenings; thus they are the practical correlate of …
Hittite Birth Rituals
Av G. Beckman
Häftad, 1978
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This article presents an outline of procedures followed by the ancient Hittite woman in dealing with the processes of pregnancy and birth. These ritual texts with notes and comments include translations of seven relevant incantations dealing with pregnancy, delivery, and ceremonies following …
