The Standard Babylonian Myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal
Anno:
2013
Tipologia prodotto:
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Tipologia ANVUR:
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Lingua:
Inglese
Formato:
A Stampa
Casa editrice:
The Neo-assyrian Text Corpus Project - University of Helsinki
ISBN:
9521013427
Parole chiave:
literature of the ancient Near East; texts of the Neo-Assyrian period; religion and ideology in Neo-Assyrian times
Breve descrizione dei contenuti:
The Myth of Nergal and Ereškigal - preserved in two versions, a Middle-Babylonian one from Tell el-Amarna (sec. XIV BCE)and a longer Standard Babylonian one from the Neo-Assyrian site of Sultantepe dated to the early first millennium BCE - tells the story of the god Nergal's descent to the netherworld and his marriage with Ereškigal queen of the realm of death.
This volume provides a reconstruction of the Standard Babylonian version (which is given in cuneiform and in an up-to-date transliteration and translation, with a critical apparatus). The volume includes an introduction with an edition of the Amarna version and an extensive study of the god Nergal in Assyrian sources; a philological commentary, and a glossary and sign list.
Ponchia, Simonetta; Luukko, M.,The Standard Babylonian Myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal
, The Neo-assyrian Text Corpus Project - University of Helsinki
, 2013