scholarly journals An Old Babylonian manuscript of the Weidner god-list from Tell Taban

Iraq ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Shibata
Keyword(s):  
Old Babylonian ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clay Tablet

AbstractThis article presents a fragment of an Old Babylonian clay tablet excavated in 2007 at Tell Taban, ancient Ṭābatum, near Hassake in Syria. The text is a common Babylonian scholarly composition known as the Weidner god-list. It is the oldest exemplar of this list so far recovered from north Mesopotamia and important for the history of the diffusion of Babylonian scholarship.

Triumphant Kings and the Legacy of Akkadian Steles

2019 ◽  
pp. 36-89
Author(s):  
Melissa Eppihimer
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Zagros Mountains ◽  
Visual Models ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
History Of

The Susa stele of Naram-Sin of Akkad is often viewed as a model for later victory monuments, in part because of modern Orientalist stereotypes and admiration for the stele’s aesthetics. However, other Akkadian monuments presented a different view of Akkadian kingship. This chapter argues that post-Akkadian images of a triumphant king standing upon his enemy were shaped by a wider range of visual models and memories of the Akkadians. Case studies include rock reliefs in the Zagros Mountains, royal steles from the Old Babylonian period, and the Bisitun relief of the Achaemenid king Darius I. The irony of this chapter is that it reaffirms the stele of Naram-Sin’s exceptional status within the history of Mesopotamian art while undermining the notion that this exceptionalism led to the stele’s direct influence over the design of later victory monuments.

scholarly journals ON BABYLONIAN LAVATORIES AND SEWERS

Iraq ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 75-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. George
Keyword(s):  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Foul Water ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
History Of ◽  
Water Drain

This study begins by examining the archaeological and documentary evidence for lavatories (toilets) and foul-water drains in ancient Mesopotamian dwelling houses. It goes on to investigate the use, etymology and history of the Akkadian wordasurrû: in the Old Babylonian period it served mainly as a term for a kind of foul-water drain or “sewer” but later shed that meaning.

scholarly journals On the Hidden Beauty of Trigonometric Functions

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Jiri Stavek
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Trigonometric Function ◽  
Moving Object ◽  
Longitudinal Momentum ◽  
Trigonometric Functions ◽  
Beta Particles ◽  
Latent Energy ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
School Of Athens ◽  
Clay Tablet

In the unit circle with radius R = E0 = mc2 = 1 we have defined the trigonometric function cos(Theta) = v/c. The known trigonometric functions revealed the hidden relationships between sensible energy, latent energy, sensible momentum and latent momentum of the moving object, and the absorbed momentum from outside and the available momentum in the outside of the moving object. We present the trigonometric concept inspired by the old Babylonian clay tablet IM 55357 and based on the knowledge of the School of Athens (the fresco of Raphael) and the work of many generations of the Masters of trigonometry. The concept of the Divided Line of Plato can be now quantitatively tested. For the experimental analysis of this concept we propose to study in details the very well known beta decay of RaE to determine the sensible and latent energy (heat) of those beta particles and the sensible and latent energy of the remaining nucleus. The longitudinal momentum and the transverse (latent) momentum can be studied on the effects of the slow neutrons. The longitudinal momentum and the transverse momentum of photons can be manipulated in a convenient medium in order to prepare slow photons. The photoormi effect might improve the efficiency of the light-to-electricity conversion and the efficiency of the light-to-heat conversion.

A Balaĝ to Enlil from the First Sealand Dynasty

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uri Gabbay
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
First Dynasty

Abstract:The tablet published in this article stems from the Sealand dynasty that ruled southern Babylonia between the end of the first dynasty of Babylon and the Kassite period. The tablet contains an abbreviated version of the Balaĝ am-e bára-an-na-ra . The Sealand text enables an examination of the literary history of this Balaĝ from the Old Babylonian period to the first millennium BCE.

The Work of the Potter in Ancient Mesopotamia During the Second Millennium B.C.

1992 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Van As ◽  
Loe Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Dark Period ◽  
Zagros Mountains ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Mesopotamia ◽  
First Dynasty ◽  
Southwestern Iran ◽  
In The Beginning

ABSTRACTIn the beginning of the second millennium B.C. Babylon became the centre of power in Mesopotamia. Hammurapi (1792-1750 B.C.) was one of the most important kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon. He is above all known for his law code (Codex Hammurapi). At the height of his power the Old Babylonian Empire extended as far as Sumer in the south and to Nineveh in the north. After the Old Babylonian times a dark period followed in the history of Mesopotamia. The conquest of Babylon in 1595 B.C. by the Hittite king Mursilis I ended the First Dynasty of Babylon. His allies, the Kassites from the Zagros Mountains, occupied Babylon without breaking the Babylonian traditions. Dur Kurigalzu became their capital. In 1157 B.C. the Kassite Dynasty was attacked from Elam (southwestern Iran) and came to an end.

scholarly journals Soqotri Lullabies

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-456
Author(s):  
L. E. Kogan
Keyword(s):  
Present Author ◽  
Gulf Of Aden ◽  
Systematic Comparison ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
History Of

In the Autumn of 2019, the present author, in collaboration with Sarali Gintsburg and Vitaly Naumkin, was able to collect, decipher and analyze 18 lullabies in the Modern South Arabian language Soqotri (Island of Soqotra, Gulf of Aden, Yemen). Besides numerous text samples, the article contains a brief history of the previous research, a systematic comparison between the newly gathered texts and those published by David Heinrich Müller in 1905, as well as some comparative remarks pertaining to the Old Babylonian lullabies – the earliest known specimens of this genre.

The Sumerian Hypothesis

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem S. McLoud
Keyword(s):  
Source Material ◽  
Literary Style ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
History Of

A Sumerian Hypothesis is developed to explain the origin of the large amount of Mesopotamian material appearing in the primeval history of Genesis 1–11 (found throughout all parts of the primeval history). Various features of the primeval history are considered and compared with Sumerian/Akkadian features, including worldview, motifs, and stories as well as the literary style and historiography of the genealogies. The author argues that this Mesopotamian material can be traced back to pre-Old Babylonian sources and shows no influence from developments in Babylon thereafter. The Mesopotamian source material used in the primeval history may thus have been written down as early as in Abrahamic times.

“Where is Bazi? Where is Zizi?” The List of Early Rulers in theBalladfrom Emar and Ugarit, and the Mari Rulers in the Sumerian King List and Other Sources

Iraq ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 137-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoram Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
Textual History ◽  
History Of

This paper argues that the peripheral recensions of theBallad of Early Rulersreflect Mesopotamian forerunners, and do not represent re-workings by the local scribes. The Ugarit recension is based on an Old Babylonian forerunner, and the Emar recension is based on a Middle Babylonian version that incorporated material from other scholarly sources. To support this contention, the Babylonian literary and scholarly background of the early rulers is discussed, and a reconstruction and analysis is offered of the Mari section of the Sumerian King List, in which two rulers of theBalladappear. The textual history of theBalladcontributes to the general debate regarding the origin, date of composition and transmission of Mesopotamian literature and its reception throughout scribal centers, not only in Ugarit and Emar, but also in Ḫattuša, Canaan and Egypt during the Late Bronze Age. A new copy of the Emar Ballad manuscript by Andrew George is offered at the end of this paper.

Ein Altbabylonischer Text Betreffend Die Lieferung Von Schilfrohr

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Horst Klengel ◽  
Evelyn Klengel
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Third ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
Battle Scenes ◽  
The Given ◽  
Seal Impressions ◽  
Clay Tablet ◽  
Inventory Number

AbstractThe article which had been originally dedicated to the late Armenian Academician Gagik Sarkisian describes a Babylonian clay tablet document from the collection of the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin (inventory number VAT 952). The text of the document is a contract dealing with the terms of delivery of 960 bundles of reed. It is dated with the third full year of reign of king Samsuiluna, the successor of 'Ammurapi. On the cover of the tablet some not very well preserved seal impressions can be found . The authors attempt to (partly) reconstruct these seal impressions, which are connected with people involved in the contract. One of the better preserved impressions shows two formally interconnected battle scenes, one between a man and a lion, the other between a men and a lion-dragon. Although these kind of scenes are rarely to be met with on Old Babylonian seals, the given impression can be compared to a well preserved representation of a similar scene on a clay tablet from Sippar.

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