RT Book
T1 Ea's duplicity in the Gilgamesh flood story
T2 The ancient word
A1 Worthington, Martin ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PP Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY
PB Routledge
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1697902243
AB "Interrogating" Babylonian narrative poetry -- "Identifying" puns -- The high concentration of puns in the Gilgameš: flood story -- The lines about the flood hero -- Raining "plenty": ušaznanakkunuši nuh'šam-ma -- The birds: [hi'ib] ishurati -- The fish: puzur nuni -- The harvest: [...] mešrâ eburam-ma -- "Cakes at dawn": ina ser(-)kukki -- "In the evening": ina lilâti -- The "rain of wheat": samût kibati -- Recapitulation -- Issues of textual history -- Meaning and performance -- Outlining the problems -- Does Atra-hasīs "fill in the gaps"? -- Communications between Ea and the flood hero -- Communication between the flood hero and the people of Shuruppak -- Ea's elusiveness -- The enigma of uta-napisti -- Why the "gaps"? -- Ea's duplicity and Babylonian/Assyrian divination -- Beyond cuneiform.
SN 9780429424274
SN 0429424272
SN 9780429754500
SN 0429754507
SN 9780429754517
SN 0429754515
SN 9780429754494
SN 0429754493
K1 Gilgamesh
K1 Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian : History and criticism
K1 Deluge
K1 Plays on words
K1 Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian ; History and criticism
K1 HISTORY / Ancient / General ; bisacsh
K1 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication ; bisacsh
K1 HISTORY / Ancient / General
K1 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication