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Mesopotamian Scholarship in Ḫattuša and the Sammeltafel KUB 4.53.

The article reexamines the tablet published as KUB 4.53, first included by E. Weidner among the Akkadian-language "Medizinische Texte," for it to be situated more precisely in the traditions of cuneiform scholarship in circulation in Ḫattuša during the Late Bronze Age. The author argues that KUB 4.5...

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Published in:Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 132; no. 2; pp. 171 - 189
Main Author: Rutz, Matthew T.
Format: Article
Published: American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA) Apr-Jun2012
Subjects:
Scholarships
Akkadian language
Omens
Bronze Age
Mesopotamia
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article reexamines the tablet published as KUB 4.53, first included by E. Weidner among the Akkadian-language "Medizinische Texte," for it to be situated more precisely in the traditions of cuneiform scholarship in circulation in Ḫattuša during the Late Bronze Age. The author argues that KUB 4.53 is a collective or Sammeltafel with an incantation-prayer or hymn on its obverse and on its reverse, a collection of terrestrial omens.