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Two New Sumerian Texts Involving The Netherworld and Funerary Offerings

  • Jeremiah Peterson
Published/Copyright: February 2, 2010
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Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie
From the journal Volume 99 Issue 2

In this article, an unpublished and unplaced Sumerian literary fragment that appears to describe the witnessing of various deities involved with the netherworld and an unpublished distribution text provisioning, among other things, the use of ghee in conjunction with the funerary offerings of the g u 2 - e n - n a official at Old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

Published Online: 2010-02-02
Published in Print: 2009-December

© Walter de Gruyter 2009

In this article, an unpublished and unplaced Sumerian literary fragment that appears to describe the witnessing of various deities involved with the netherworld and an unpublished distribution text provisioning, among other things, the use of ghee in conjunction with the funerary offerings of the g u 2 - e n - n a official at Old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

Published Online: 2010-02-02
Published in Print: 2009-December

© Walter de Gruyter 2009

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