Series | Antiquity Studies
Monograph | The Akkadian Great Hymns and Prayers
Chapter | 6 • Conclusions
6 • Conclusions
Abstract
The Akkadian literary corpus under study is labelled the Great Hymns and Prayers. It includes nine poetical compositions addressed to the gods Nabû, Marduk, Šamaš, Gula (Gula Bullussa-rabi and Gula Syncretistic), and Ištar, which share formal and linguistic features, and, occasionally, similar themes and formulations. Concretely, they are 200 lines or more long, and are divided into couplets or poetical strophes marked by horizontal rulings; moreover, they make use of a special literary idiom (the so-called ‘hymno-epic dialect’). In addition, these texts contain several passages that show ‘philosophical’ reflections which resemble wisdom literature.
Submitted: Aug. 1, 2023 | Accepted: Jan. 15, 2024 | Published Dec. 18, 2024 | Language: en
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