The Akkadian Great Hymns and Prayers
The Great Hymns and Prayers are a group of Akkadian literary compositions renowned for their sophisticated style and language. This book presents updated critical editions of the Great Prayer to Nabû and the Great Prayer to Ištar, incorporating new interpretations and newly discovered fragments for...
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2024
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| Sumario: | The Great Hymns and Prayers are a group of Akkadian literary compositions renowned for their sophisticated style and language. This book presents updated critical editions of the Great Prayer to Nabû and the Great Prayer to Ištar, incorporating new interpretations and newly discovered fragments for more accurate reconstructions. In addition to philological analysis, the book explores intertextual relationships with other literary and non-literary texts and provides an in-depth study of the poetics of the corpus. |
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