BM 40757: Marduk’s Arrival at the Akītu Temple on the 8th of Nisannu
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Rocío Da Riva
Abstract
This article offers an edition and an attempt at an interpretation of text BM 40757, which records a ritual related to the New Year Festival (NYF), or Akītu, of Marduk in Babylon. The text contains information on the festival’s structure, setting, and organization. It clarifies aspects related to the arrival of the river procession at the Akītu temple, the participants and deities involved, their spatial and ritual arrangements, the offerings and rites performed, the ceremonial elements involved, and the specific spaces in which the rites were carried out. It also illustrates aspects of urban cultic topography and, more importantly, features of the Akītu temple’s layout.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Abhandlungen
- Two Sargonic Seals from Urusagrig and the Question of Urusagrig’s Location
- The Decipherment of Linear Elamite Writing
- Nabû, the Avenger
- The Excerpt Tablets of Šumma ālu: Reconstructing Tablets 80 to 95
- BM 40757: Marduk’s Arrival at the Akītu Temple on the 8th of Nisannu
- Ein Ensemble ungewöhnlicher Reliefs im Militärpalast von Ninive
- Buchbesprechungen
- Jacob Dahl: Ur III Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 39. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns, 2020. xix + 405 S. 21,6 × 28 cm. ISBN 978-1-57506-738-4. Preis: $ 150.
- Johanna Tudeau: Building in Assyria. (Schriften zur Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 14). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019. xiii+194 S. 31 × 22 × 2 cm. ISBN 978-34-47-11336-6; Preis: € 98,00.
- Daniel Schwemer und Aygül Süel: The Akkadian and Sumerian Texts from Ortaköy–Šapinuwa. Documenta Antiqua Asiae Minoris 2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2021. xii + 136 S. 29.7 × 21 cm. ISBN: 978-3-447-11645-9. Preis: 68 €.
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Abhandlungen
- Two Sargonic Seals from Urusagrig and the Question of Urusagrig’s Location
- The Decipherment of Linear Elamite Writing
- Nabû, the Avenger
- The Excerpt Tablets of Šumma ālu: Reconstructing Tablets 80 to 95
- BM 40757: Marduk’s Arrival at the Akītu Temple on the 8th of Nisannu
- Ein Ensemble ungewöhnlicher Reliefs im Militärpalast von Ninive
- Buchbesprechungen
- Jacob Dahl: Ur III Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 39. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns, 2020. xix + 405 S. 21,6 × 28 cm. ISBN 978-1-57506-738-4. Preis: $ 150.
- Johanna Tudeau: Building in Assyria. (Schriften zur Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 14). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019. xiii+194 S. 31 × 22 × 2 cm. ISBN 978-34-47-11336-6; Preis: € 98,00.
- Daniel Schwemer und Aygül Süel: The Akkadian and Sumerian Texts from Ortaköy–Šapinuwa. Documenta Antiqua Asiae Minoris 2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2021. xii + 136 S. 29.7 × 21 cm. ISBN: 978-3-447-11645-9. Preis: 68 €.