Weather Omens of Enama Anu Enlil : Thunderstorms, Wind and Rain (Tablets 44-49).

By: Gehlken, ErlendMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cuneiform MonographsPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004225992Subject(s): Akkadian language -- Texts | Omens -- Iraq -- BabyloniaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Weather Omens of Enama Anu Enlil : Thunderstorms, Wind and Rain (Tablets 44-49)DDC classification: 492.1 LOC classification: PJ3791 -- .W43 2012ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Weather Omens of Enūma Anu Enlil -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- 'Technical' Remarks -- II. The Adad Tablets EAE 44-49 -- A. Tablet 44 (Thunder) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 'Group I' -- 'Group II' -- B. Tablet 45 (Thunder) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentary -- 4. Other Sources -- C. Tablet 46 (Thunder) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentaries -- 4. Other Sources -- D. Tablet 47 (Lightning -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentaries -- E. Tablet 48 (Rain -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- Part 1 -- Part 2 -- 3. Commentary -- F. Tablet 49 (Wind) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentaries -- 4. Other Sources -- III. The Series Rikis gerri -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Sequence of the Tablets -- 3. Catalogue -- 4. Two Selected Rikis gerri Tablets -- Bibliography -- List of Plates -- Index of Terms -- Logograms -- Words -- 1 Akkadian -- 2 Sumerian -- 3 Readings of Uncertain Meaning -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Personal Names -- Gods -- Lands -- Temples -- Subjects -- Index of Texts -- Texts Discussed and Quoted -- Non-Akkadian / -Sumerian Sources -- Concordances -- 1 Museum Numbers of Texts Edited -- 2 Previously Published Texts -- Abbreviations -- Literature -- General Abbreviations -- Conventions Used in the Transcriptions and Translations.
Summary: This book presents the second half of the weather section of En?ma Anu Enlil, a Mesopotamian omen series dealing with the stars, sun, moon, and weather. It attained particular importance when scholars used it to explain phenomena to Assyrian kings.
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Intro -- Weather Omens of Enūma Anu Enlil -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- 'Technical' Remarks -- II. The Adad Tablets EAE 44-49 -- A. Tablet 44 (Thunder) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 'Group I' -- 'Group II' -- B. Tablet 45 (Thunder) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentary -- 4. Other Sources -- C. Tablet 46 (Thunder) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentaries -- 4. Other Sources -- D. Tablet 47 (Lightning -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentaries -- E. Tablet 48 (Rain -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- Part 1 -- Part 2 -- 3. Commentary -- F. Tablet 49 (Wind) -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Text -- 3. Commentaries -- 4. Other Sources -- III. The Series Rikis gerri -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Sequence of the Tablets -- 3. Catalogue -- 4. Two Selected Rikis gerri Tablets -- Bibliography -- List of Plates -- Index of Terms -- Logograms -- Words -- 1 Akkadian -- 2 Sumerian -- 3 Readings of Uncertain Meaning -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Personal Names -- Gods -- Lands -- Temples -- Subjects -- Index of Texts -- Texts Discussed and Quoted -- Non-Akkadian / -Sumerian Sources -- Concordances -- 1 Museum Numbers of Texts Edited -- 2 Previously Published Texts -- Abbreviations -- Literature -- General Abbreviations -- Conventions Used in the Transcriptions and Translations.

This book presents the second half of the weather section of En?ma Anu Enlil, a Mesopotamian omen series dealing with the stars, sun, moon, and weather. It attained particular importance when scholars used it to explain phenomena to Assyrian kings.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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