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Two New Sumerian Texts Involving The Netherworld and Funerary Offerings

2009/01/01 by Jeremiah Peterson · 4 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · Mathematics · #Ancient Near East History #Linguistics and language evolution #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Sumerian #Literature #History #Conjunction (astronomy) #Ancient history #Distribution (mathematics) #Art #Mathematics #Physics #Astronomy

paper · doi:10.1515/za.2009.006

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Abstract

In this article, an unpublished and unplaced Sumerian literary fragment that appears to describe the witnessing of various deities involved with the netherworld and an unpublished distribution text provisioning, among other things, the use of ghee in conjunction with the funerary offerings of the g u 2 - e n - n a official at Old Babylonian Nippur, are treated.

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