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The most impressive legacy of the Dynasty of Akkade (ca. 2310-2160 B.C.E.) was the widespread, popular legends of its kings. Dr. Westenholz offers an annotated edition of all the known legends of the Akkadian kings, with transliteration, translation, and commentary. Of particular interest to biblical scholars is the inclusion of “The Birth Legend of Sargon,” which is often compared to Moses in Exodus.

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Author:   Joan Goodnick Westenholz
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Eisenbrauns
Edition:   Reprint of 1997
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9781575063119

ISBN 10:   1575063115
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   30 June 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Concordance of Museum Numbers Concordance of Publication Numbers Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Definition of the Corpus Recovery of the Texts and the History of Scholarship Terminology Poetic Discourse, Orthography, and Grammar Part A: Sargon Chapter 2. The Sargon ‘Autobiographies’ Text 1. Old Babylonian Fragment: ‘I, Sargon’ Text 2. ‘The Wisdom of Sargon’: The ‘Birth Legend’ of Sargon Chapter 3. Sargon’s Rise to Power: Sargon, Ur-Zababa, and Lugalzagesi Text 5. Sumerian-Akkadian Bilingual Exercise Text Chapter 4. Res Gestae Sargonis Text 6. ‘Sargon, the Conquering Hero’ Text 7. ‘Sargon in Foreign Lands’ Fragments Text 8. ‘Sargon, the Lion’ Text 9. ‘King of Battle’ Text 9B. Amarna Recension Text 9C. Amarna Fragment Text 9D. Assur Fragment Text 9E. Nineveh Recension Chapter 5. The Sargon Letters Text 10. Nippur Letter Text 11. Ur Letter Part B: Naram-Sin Chapter 6. Naram-Sin and the Lord of Apisal Text 12. ‘Naram-Sin and the Lord of Apisal’ Chapter 7. Erra and Naram-Sin Text 13. ‘Erra and Naram-Sin’ Chapter 8. Elegy on the Death of Naram-Sin Text 14. ‘Elegy on the Death of Naram-Sin’ Chapter 9. The Great Revolt against Naram-Sin Text 15. The Old Akkadian Exercise Text 16. The Old Babylonian Excerpt Versions Text 16A. Mari Version Text 16B. Geneva Version Text 17. ‘Gula-AN and the Seventeen Kings against Naram-Sin’ Text 19. ‘The Tenth Battle’ Chapter 10. ‘Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes’: The ‘Cuthean Legend’ of Naram-Sin Text 20. The Old Babylonian Edition Text 21. The Middle Babylonian Recension Text 22. The Standard Babylonian Recension Introduction Composite Text and Translation Manuscripts and Score Indexes Index of Personal Names Index of Divine Names Index of Geographical and Topographical Names Index of Literary Texts Index of Words Discussed General Index Plates

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