2008/01/01 by Jeremiah Peterson · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ancient Near East History #Linguistics and language evolution #Botanical Research and Chemistry #Sumerian #Biblical studies #Hymn #Conjunction (astronomy) #Literature #Hebrew Bible #History #Philosophy #Art #Ancient history #Physics #Astronomy
paper · doi:10.1163/156921208786611773
openalex publication_date 2008/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract A brief and fragmentary newly reconstructed Sumerian literary passage contains a portion of a hymn to Nergal or a hymnic passage centered around Nergal. Most notably, it contains a rare reference to seven aurae (ni2 imin), which is attested elsewhere only in conjunction with Huwawa.