Fortune and Misfortune in the Ancient Near East : Proceedings of the 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Warsaw, 21–25 July 2014 / / edited by Olga Drewnowska and Małgorzata Sandowicz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 892.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SandowiczMałgorzata
DrewnowskaOlga |
Collana | Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale |
Soggetto topico |
Assyriologie - Congrès
Assyriology Assyriology - Congresses Chance - Congrès - Histoire - Machreq - Middle East - History - Conference papers and proceedings Civilisation assyro-babylonienne - Congrès Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian - Congresses Fortune - Congresses - History - Middle East Fortune - Middle East - History HISTORY / Ancient / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-57506-466-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Program -- Introduction -- Part 1 What Is Fortune? What Is Misfortune? -- Luck, Fortune, and Destiny in Ancient Mesopotamia Or How the Sumerians and Babylonians Thought of Their Place in the Flow of Things -- The Concept of “Misfortune” in Sumerian Wisdom Literature -- Man’s Fate: Divine Responsibility for Human Welfare in Ḫatti -- Part 2 Man -- Fortune and Misfortune of the Individual: Some Observations on the Sufferer’s Plaint in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi II 12–32 -- On the Fortune—or Misfortune—of Having Children: The Abundance of Children According to the Omen Text K. 6403 -- Gendering for Fortune and Misfortune: Ritual Gender Assignment in the Ancient Near East -- Why Did Paškuwatti’s Patient Fail in the Matrimonial Bed? -- Introduction aux symptômes mentaux en Mésopotamie -- Legal Remedies against Misfortune: Evasion, Legal Fiction, and Sham Transactions in Late Bronze Age Emar -- Hierarchy at the Hittite Court -- Fortunes and Misfortunes of Messengers and Merchants in the Amarna Letters -- Made Men: Rich Slaves of the Nūr-Sîns and the Egibis -- Betting on the Right Horse: Loyalty in the Early Years of the Neo-Babylonian Empire -- Part 3 King -- The Origins of the LUGAL Office -- Ups and Downs in the Career of Enmerkar, King of Uruk -- “Šulgi, Mighty Man, King of Ur” -- The Fate of Yasmaḫ-Addu, the King of Mari -- Finding the Good Genius in Your Bowl -- The Royal Adoption Scene in Ugaritic and Biblical Texts -- “One Epic or Many?” Das Tukultī-Ninurta-Epos zum Ersten, zum Zweiten und zum. . .? -- Part 4 City and State -- Climate Change, the Mardu Wall, and the Fall of Ur -- Regional Differences in Middle Assyrian -- The Anatolian and Iranian Frontiers: Analyzing the Foreign Policy of the Assyrian Empire under Esarhaddon -- Finis Assyriae: The Fall of the Assyrian State, or the Fall of the Assyrian Civilisation? -- Fortune and Politics: Nabopolassar’s Campaigns in 616–615 b.c.e. and His Alliance with Media -- More about the Crisis in Uruk -- Part 5 God and Temple -- Don’t Insult Inana! Divine Retribution for Offense against Common Decency in the Light of New Textual Sources -- Fortune and Misfortune of the Eagle in the Myth of Etana -- Within the Ekur: Sitz im Leben for a Literary Topos Regarding Nintur -- Some Remarks on the Archaeology of the Ekur of Nippur during Post-Kassite Times |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792949803321 |
Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fortune and Misfortune in the Ancient Near East : Proceedings of the 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Warsaw, 21–25 July 2014 / / edited by Olga Drewnowska and Małgorzata Sandowicz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 892.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SandowiczMałgorzata
DrewnowskaOlga |
Collana | Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale |
Soggetto topico |
Assyriologie - Congrès
Assyriology Assyriology - Congresses Chance - Congrès - Histoire - Machreq - Middle East - History - Conference papers and proceedings Civilisation assyro-babylonienne - Congrès Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian - Congresses Fortune - Congresses - History - Middle East Fortune - Middle East - History HISTORY / Ancient / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-57506-466-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Program -- Introduction -- Part 1 What Is Fortune? What Is Misfortune? -- Luck, Fortune, and Destiny in Ancient Mesopotamia Or How the Sumerians and Babylonians Thought of Their Place in the Flow of Things -- The Concept of “Misfortune” in Sumerian Wisdom Literature -- Man’s Fate: Divine Responsibility for Human Welfare in Ḫatti -- Part 2 Man -- Fortune and Misfortune of the Individual: Some Observations on the Sufferer’s Plaint in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi II 12–32 -- On the Fortune—or Misfortune—of Having Children: The Abundance of Children According to the Omen Text K. 6403 -- Gendering for Fortune and Misfortune: Ritual Gender Assignment in the Ancient Near East -- Why Did Paškuwatti’s Patient Fail in the Matrimonial Bed? -- Introduction aux symptômes mentaux en Mésopotamie -- Legal Remedies against Misfortune: Evasion, Legal Fiction, and Sham Transactions in Late Bronze Age Emar -- Hierarchy at the Hittite Court -- Fortunes and Misfortunes of Messengers and Merchants in the Amarna Letters -- Made Men: Rich Slaves of the Nūr-Sîns and the Egibis -- Betting on the Right Horse: Loyalty in the Early Years of the Neo-Babylonian Empire -- Part 3 King -- The Origins of the LUGAL Office -- Ups and Downs in the Career of Enmerkar, King of Uruk -- “Šulgi, Mighty Man, King of Ur” -- The Fate of Yasmaḫ-Addu, the King of Mari -- Finding the Good Genius in Your Bowl -- The Royal Adoption Scene in Ugaritic and Biblical Texts -- “One Epic or Many?” Das Tukultī-Ninurta-Epos zum Ersten, zum Zweiten und zum. . .? -- Part 4 City and State -- Climate Change, the Mardu Wall, and the Fall of Ur -- Regional Differences in Middle Assyrian -- The Anatolian and Iranian Frontiers: Analyzing the Foreign Policy of the Assyrian Empire under Esarhaddon -- Finis Assyriae: The Fall of the Assyrian State, or the Fall of the Assyrian Civilisation? -- Fortune and Politics: Nabopolassar’s Campaigns in 616–615 b.c.e. and His Alliance with Media -- More about the Crisis in Uruk -- Part 5 God and Temple -- Don’t Insult Inana! Divine Retribution for Offense against Common Decency in the Light of New Textual Sources -- Fortune and Misfortune of the Eagle in the Myth of Etana -- Within the Ekur: Sitz im Leben for a Literary Topos Regarding Nintur -- Some Remarks on the Archaeology of the Ekur of Nippur during Post-Kassite Times |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828885703321 |
Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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