The Babylonian šumma immeru Omens: Transmission, Reception and Text Production

Yoram Cohen

doi:10.5771/9783963270437

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-96327-042-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-96327-043-7
Publisher: Zaphon, Münster
Series: dubsar / Altorientalistische Publikationen / Publications on the Ancient Near East
Volume: 9
Language: English
Pages: 432
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Acknowledgements No access
4. Preface No access
5. Abbreviations No access
6. Abbreviations for the šumma immeru Omens No access
7. The šumma immeru Omens Textual Sources No access
1. 1. 1. The Standard Version (ca. 1880s–1940s; 1980) No access
  2. 2. The Assur Manuscripts (1930s; 2012) No access
  3. 3. The Old Babylonian Version (ca. 1940s–1950s) No access
  4. 4. The Late Bronze Age Version (1970s–Present) No access
  5. 5. The Sealand Dynasty Manuscript (2013) No access
  6. 6. General Discussions and Related Sources No access
2. 1. 1. Mesopotamia—Land of Sheep and Wool No access
  2. 2. Sheep Terminology and the Terms for the Sacrificial Animal in Divination No access
  3. 3. How did Extispicy Omens Come About? No access
  4. 4. Divination Literature, Omen Compendia and the šumma immeru Omens No access
  5. 5. How to Read the šumma immeru Omens? No access
  6. 6. The Name of the šumma immeru Omen Compendium No access
3. 1. 1. The Ritual Purity of the Diviner No access
  2. 2. Finding the Right Sheep for the Extispicy Ritual No access
  3. 3. Placing the Oracle Question in Front of the Gods No access
  4. 4. The Slaughter of the Sacrificial Animal No access
  5. 5. “Reading” the Sheep No access
  6. 6. “Reading” the Liver No access
1. 1. Edition and Translation No access
2. 2. Commentary No access
3. 3. Discussion No access
1. 1. Edition and Translation No access
2. 2. Commentary No access
3. 3. Discussion No access
1. 1. 1.1 Edition No access
  2. 1.2 Commentary No access
  3. 1.3 Discussion No access
2. 1. 2.1 Edition No access
  2. 2.2 Commentary No access
  3. 2.3 Discussion No access
3. 1. 3.1 Edition No access
  2. 3.2 Commentary No access
  3. 3.3 Discussion No access
4. 1. 4.1 Edition No access
  2. 4.2 Discussion No access
1. 1. Edition No access
2. 2. Commentary No access
3. 3. Discussion No access
1. 1. 1.1 Edition No access
  2. 1.2 Commentary No access
2. 1. 2.1 Edition No access
  2. 2.2 Commentary No access
3. 1. 3.1 Edition No access
  2. 3.2 Commentary No access
4. 4. Discussion No access
1. 1. 1. 1.1 Identifying the Compendium No access
    2. 1.2 The Structure and Content of the Sealand Dynasty Manuscript No access
    3. 1.3 Characteristic Features of the Sealand Dynasty Manuscript No access
    4. 1.4 The Sealand Dynasty Manuscript and Other Sealand Dynasty Omens No access
  2. 1. 2.1 KAL 5 2 No access
    2. 2.2 KAL 5 3 (KAR 432) No access
    3. 2.3 KAL 5 4 No access
  3. 3. The Emar Bone Omen Compendia No access
  4. 1. 4.1 Bārûtu Ch. 1 and its Commentary No access
    2. 4.2 KAL 5 1 (KAR 423) No access
    3. 4.3 K 6788––A Nineveh Fragment Relating to the Lower Parts of the Sheep No access
    4. 4.4 Tablets Relating to the Sheep’s Stomach No access
  5. 1. 5.1 Old Babylonian and Kassite Omen Reports No access
    2. 5.2 Neo-Assyrian Oracular Queries and Extispicy Reports No access
  6. 1. 6.1 Bird Divination Compendia: Sources and Distribution No access
    2. 6.2 Bird Divination Omens and the šumma immeru Omens No access
  7. 7. An Omen Compendium of Severed Hooves and Fetlocks No access
  8. 8. Tablet 41 of the šumma ālu Omen Series No access
  9. 9. The šumma izbu Omen Series No access
  10. 10. Omens from a Ewe Confined Overnight No access
  11. 11. The Hittite šašta Oracles No access
2. 1. 12. The Ritual of the Diviner No access
  2. 13. A Manual of Sacrificial Procedure No access
  3. 1. 14.1 An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BM 29663) No access
    2. 14.2 An Akkadian-Hittite List of (Sheep) Body Parts (KBo 1.51) No access
    3. 14.3 The 15th Tablet of the ur5-ra=ḫubullu Lexical Lis No access
    4. 14.4 The Practical Vocabulary (The Assur Version) No access
1. 1. The Head Region No access
2. 3. Areas of the Abdomen and Rib Cage No access
3. 2. The Hind Area of the Animal No access
1. 1. 1. The Past: The Presence of the God during the Extispicy Ritual No access
  2. 2. The Present: The šumma immeru Formula––Let Go of the Sheep! Kill the Enemy! No access
  3. 3. The Future: What Will the Exta Look Like? No access
2. 1. 1. The Old Babylonian Version and Related Texts No access
  2. 2. The Sealand Dynasty Manuscript No access
  3. 3. The Late Bronze Age Version and Related Texts No access
  4. 4. The Intermediate Versions 1–4 No access
  5. 5. The Standard Version and the Bārûtu Series No access
  6. 6. The Commentaries of the Standard Version No access
  7. 7. A Crosscut Comparison between the šumma immeru Versions No access
3. 1. 1. Text Standardization or Canonization? No access
  2. 2. Text Production of Omen Collections No access
  3. 3. From Old Babylonian Extispicy Collections to the Bārûtu No access
  4. 4. The Many Lives of the šumma immeru Omens No access
Bibliography No access Pages 373 - 394
1. Sources No access
2. Gods, People, and Persons No access
3. Select Akkadian/Sumerian Terms No access
4. Subject Index No access