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935:. Ea tells Ṣāltum he has created her to humiliate Ištar and sends this ferocious beast to challenge her. Much of the subsequent text is fragmentary, however the adversaries seem to engage in a protracted whirling dance of battle. Finally, Ištar entreats Ea to save her from this monstrous virago, “May she return to her cave! Ea opened his mouth and the hero of the gods spoke to Agušaya: ‘to be sure, as soon as you said it, I will do (it).’”
895:
as lyrical retorts, the numbering of which suggest that the work extends over the two tablets, although the second may not be the actual sequel of the first as the first is an eight column tablet while the second only has six columns and there are apparently subtle differences in late Old
Babylonian
920:, “let me praise the greatest”. Ištar, the goddess of fertility and war, is terrifying to the gods with her wild, ferocious and "virile" antics. “She dances around gods and kings in her manliness” and “young men are cut off as if for spears.”
927:, who is angered by her outrageous behavior, fashions a suitable counterfoil, Ṣāltum, “discord” out of the dirt beneath his fingernails, to provide her with distraction, somewhat reminiscent of the purpose of
875:(reigned c. 1792 BC to c. 1750 BC), on the fifth column, 26th line, for whom it is thought to have been composed as an epic hymn of celebration of “the mad dancer in battle”. It is arranged into ten
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inscribed at the top edge at the beginning. It is extant on two unprovenanced tablets, designated A and B, the latter of which includes a request for eternal life for king
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Berichte über die
Verhandlungen der Königlich Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. Philologisch-historische Klasse
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With Ištar's taming, Ea proposes the instigation of an annual Ištar festival, providing an explanation for the origin of the
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Hymn, a ritual text of the goddess Ishtar. From
Babylon, Iraq. Neo-Babylonian period. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
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Nele
Ziegler (2011). "Music, the Work of Professionals". In Karen Radner, Eleanor Robson (ed.).
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Lob der Ištar: Gebet und Ritual an die altbabylonische Venusgöttin
Tanatti Ištar
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Lob der Ištar: Gebet und Ritual an die altbabylonische Venusgöttin
Tanatti Ištar
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reproduces her 1972 dissertation transliteration and translation of Agušaya A
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Heinrich
Zimmern (1916). "Ištar und Şaltu : ein altakkadisches Lied".
521:
258:
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Michael P. Streck (2010). "Notes on the Old
Babylonian Hymns of Agušaya".
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Michael P. Streck (2010). "Notes on the Old
Babylonian Hymns of Agušaya".
1006:
Brigitte
Groneberg (1981). "Philologische Bearbeitung des Agušayahymnus".
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Among the most difficult literary texts in Old Babylonian, the work opens
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864:. It may have been called “the Snake has Turned” in antiquity, as it has
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The Gods Rich in Praise: Early Greek and Mesopotamian Religious Poetry
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Essays on the Ancient Near East in Memory of Jaco Joel Finkelstein
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The World's Oldest Literature: Studies in Sumerian Belles-Lettres
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Vorderasiatische Schritdenkmäler der Königlichen Museen Zu Berlin
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Before The Muses: An Anthology Of Akkadian Literature
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975:Jean-Vincent Scheil (1918). "Le Poème D'Agušaya".
852:literary work, a “song of praise”, written in the
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1037:K. Hecker (1989). W.H.P. Romer, K. Hecker (ed.).
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1028:Jean Bottéro and Samuel Noah Kramer (1989).
1218:. Oxford University Press. pp. 63–68.
1061:. Univ. Press of Maryland. pp. 78–88.
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1156:. Oxford University Press. p.
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16:Hymn of praise to the goddess Ištar
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56:Religions of the ancient Near East
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959:. J. C. Hinrichs. pp. 50–53.
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1088:references 2.1.5.1 and 2.1.5.2.
1001:. Archon Books. pp. 79–86.
969:. B.G. Teubner. pp. 10–28.
762:Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
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1032:. Gallimard. pp. 204–219.
1:
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1214:Christopher Metcalf (2015).
7:
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1047:Brigitte Groneberg (1997).
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1181:William W. Hallo (2010).
45:Chaos Monster and Sun God
1057:Benjamin Foster (2005).
971:translation of Agušaya A
1051:. Styx. pp. 73–93.
961:line art for Agušaya A
856:concerning the goddess
946:Principal publications
918:lu-na-i-id šu-ur-bu-ta
908:
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166:Seven gods who decree
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34:Mesopotamian religion
689:Seven-headed serpent
628:Spirits and monsters
1288:Akkadian literature
1041:. pp. 731–738.
564:Demigods and heroes
228:Other major deities
1283:Mesopotamian myths
1189:. Brill. pp.
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664:Ušum/Dragon
407:Lugala'abba
342:Dumuzi-abzu
269:Geshtinanna
214:Utu/Shamash
76:Mesopotamia
1272:Categories
1132:References
887:) and six
769:Enūma Eliš
755:Atra-Hasis
605:Atra-Hasis
590:Lugalbanda
532:Shul-utula
412:Mami/Nintu
367:Hendursaga
254:Ereshkigal
249:Enmesharra
898:cuneiform
893:antiphons
873:Hammurabi
748:An = Anum
742:Mythology
684:Ušumgallu
585:Gilgamesh
502:Ninsikila
472:Ningirima
467:Ningirida
322:Asaruludu
209:Nanna/Sin
192:Ninhursag
81:Babylonia
1258:23044558
1080:23044558
1020:23282324
989:23284572
955:(1913).
923:The god
912:The text
896:cursive
889:ĝešgiĝal
709:Lamashtu
679:Mušmaḫḫū
610:Ziusudra
580:Enmerkar
527:Sarpanit
507:Ninšubur
482:Ninkilim
447:Ninmarki
422:Maštabba
387:Kajamanu
347:Enbilulu
317:Anunnaki
66:Anatolia
24:a series
22:Part of
1233:. Styx.
931:in the
881:stanzas
866:ú-ta-ar
694:Humbaba
615:Apkallu
595:Shamhat
477:Ninkasi
442:Nindara
357:Erragal
312:Agasaya
289:Ninurta
244:Enkimdu
239:Dumuzid
98:Semitic
93:Iranian
32:Ancient
1298:Inanna
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940:guštum
929:Enkidu
877:kirugú
862:Irnina
848:is an
800:Sukkal
795:Dingir
724:Rabisu
719:Pazuzu
649:Edimmu
600:Siduri
575:Enkidu
547:Tišpak
542:Šulpae
537:Šubula
512:Ninsun
497:Ninšar
492:Ninmug
487:Ninlil
462:Ningal
457:Ninazu
452:Nisaba
437:Nanshe
432:Namtar
417:Mamitu
377:Isimud
327:Ashnan
294:Šulpae
284:Nergal
279:Marduk
149:Anshar
145:Kishar
136:Lahamu
127:Tiamat
108:Canaan
103:Arabia
1303:Hymns
1254:JSTOR
1076:JSTOR
1016:JSTOR
985:JSTOR
858:Ištar
789:Terms
736:Tales
699:Hanbi
674:Bašmu
654:Siris
570:Adapa
517:Nuska
402:Lisin
392:Lahar
372:Igigi
362:Gibil
332:Ashgi
274:Lahar
264:Kingu
182:Enlil
154:Mummu
140:Lahmu
86:Sumer
1195:ISBN
1162:ISBN
1086:SEAL
885:šēru
840:The
714:Lilu
659:Anzû
644:Asag
634:Udug
552:Uttu
427:Nabu
382:Išum
352:Erra
234:Adad
187:Enki
147:and
138:and
131:Abzu
129:and
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844:or
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397:Laṣ
337:Bel
177:Anu
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