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ÜBERLEGUNGEN ZU EINEM KULTFEST DER ALTMESOPOTAMISCHEN GÖTTIN INANNA.

The present study aims at interpreting a Sumerian hymn pertaining to the cult of the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, Inanna/Ištar. Though this literary composition belongs to the realm of royal religion, and centres on the relationship between the goddess and the royal personage, the h...

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Published in:Numen: International Review for the History of Religions Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 20 - 47
Main Author: Böck, Barbara
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2004
Subjects:
Sumerian hymns
Sumerian goddesses
Religious literature
Sumerian literature
Inanna (Sumerian deity)
Sumerian gods
Iraq
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