Counting Lines in Erra.
This article utilizes line counting--in the sense both of noting a line's number within a tablet and of delineating sections of text thematically and hypothesizing as to the significance of and symmetries between their lengths--to shed light on the structure and meaning of the Babylonian poem Erra a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 145; no. 2; pp. 369 - 380 |
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American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA)
Apr-Jun2025
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