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020 $a9783447067485
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100 1 $aGabbay, Uri,$d1975-$eauthor.
245 10 $aPacifying the hearts of the gods :$bSumerian Emesal prayers of the first millenium BC /$cUri Gabbey.
246 30 $aSumerian Emesal prayers of the first mlllenium BC
264 1 $aWiesbaden :$bHarrassowitz Verlag,$c2014.
300 $axx, 356 pages :$billustrations ;$c31 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aHeidelberger Emesal-Studien ;$v1
500 $a"This book is a revised, expanded, and rewritten version of the first part of my dissertation ... submitted to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2007."--Page [xix].
500 $a"Pacifying the hearts of the gods investigates the corpus of Emesal prayers, i.e., prayers composed in the Emesal register of the Sumerian language that are known from cuneiform tablets dating from the beginning of the second millennium BC up to the end of the first millennium BC. ... The content of the prayers is usually lamentful, mourning the destruction of various Mesopotamian cities and temples ..."--Back cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [295]-301) and indexes.
546 $aIn English, includes foreword in German.
650 0 $aEmesal dialect.
650 0 $aSumerians$xReligion.
650 0 $aSumerians$xRites and ceremonies.
830 0 $aHeidelberger Emesal-Studien ;$vBd. 1.