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A New Occurrence of the Seven Aurae in a Sumerian Literary Passage Featuring Nergal

2008; Brill; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1163/156921208786611773

1569-2124

Jeremiah Peterson,

Botanical Research and Chemistry

Abstract A brief and fragmentary newly reconstructed Sumerian literary passage contains a portion of a hymn to Nergal or a hymnic passage centered around Nergal. Most notably, it contains a rare reference to seven aurae (ni2 imin), which is attested elsewhere only in conjunction with Huwawa.