简介:ThetabletunderdiscussionwasdiscoveredatUrandwaspublishedinUET6/ⅡasNo.398.ThetabletconsistsofafragmentofthemiddleportionofalateBabyloniantext,andpreservestheendportionofamythinwhichtheprincipleactorsarethegodsMardukandUras,andtoalesserextent,thegodEnlil.Thetextisinpoeticformwiththelinesfallingintocouplets,inwhichthesecondlineofeachcoupletusuallyformsaparallel,orasupplementtothefirstone.Thetext,hasbeenbrieflyoutlinedbyC.J.GaddinUET6/Ⅱ,buthasnotbeenotherwisepublishedtotheauthor'sknowledge,exceptforbriefcomments.
简介:1.IntroductionIntheinscriptionsofE-ana-tum,rulerofLagas,listinghisvictoriesovervariouscities,thereisafour-linelongpassagethatdescribesE-ana-tum’sdefeatoverthecitycalledArawa:2(1)su-nirURU×Aki-ka,ensi2-be23,saη-bamu-DU,aga3-kar2!(SE3)4be2-seg10Thetranslationsofthisgrammaticallydifficultpassagevarygreatly;thereseemstobenoagreementeitheraboutitsexactmeaningoraboutitsgrammaticalanalysis.