James Kinnier Wilson AOAT 338
 
Studia Etanaica ISBN 978-3-934628-90-8
New Texts and Discussions 100 pp. + 15 pl.
58,- EUR
2007

J. Kinnier Wilson, author of "The Legend of Etana" (1985), offers a collection of commentaries and discussions on the Akkadian Epic of Etana, taking into consideration new  fragments, new editions and new translations, which have been published during the last two decades. Thus, new light is shed among others on Etana's famous flights to heaven, the death of his wife Muanna and his own death.

Preface   5
Introduction and Sigla 11
Part I: Additions and corrections to the known story
   1. Notes on the Introduction and a new text of the Old Version, Tablet I 13
   2. At the pit 21
   3. From the pit to the heaven of Anu 25
   4. The flights to heaven 31
   5. The meeting with Ishtar 37
   6. During the pregnancy 43
Part II: Terra incognita
   7. The return of the eagle 47
   8. The death of Muanna 55
   9. The death of Etana 59
   10. Completing the story 71
   11. Additional lines from the Middle Assyrian Version 77
   12. How many Tablets? 87
Appendix: A brief note on K 6845 91
Bibliography 93
Index of words discussed 97
Subject Index 99
Cuneiform Plates I-XIII
Etana Seal Impressions XIV-XV

 

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