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The ‘Song of Release’ Twenty-nine Years after its Discovery
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Stefano de Martino
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July 26, 2013
Abstract
This papers deals with the important Hurrian literary composition ‘the Song of Release’. Its first tablet KBo 32.11 is discussed and a new interpretation of lines iv 13´–14´ is proposed. Further, the tradition of these texts and that of the so-called ‘Parables’ often associated with them is examined.
Published Online: 2013-07-26
Published in Print: 2012-12
© by Akademie Verlag, Berlin, Germany
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Keywords for this article
Mittani Letter;
Ebla;
Hittites;
Hurrian Literature;
Song of Release
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