Explaining Disaster: Tradition and Transformation of the “Catastrophe of Ibbi-Sîn” in Babylonian Literature

Hanspeter Schaudig

doi:10.5771/9783963270758

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-96327-074-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-96327-075-8
Publisher: Zaphon, Münster
Series: dubsar / Altorientalistische Publikationen / Publications on the Ancient Near East
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 712
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. 1.1. The Subject No access
2. 1.2. History of Research No access
3. 1.3. Method No access
4. 1.4. Selecting the Sources No access
5. 1.5. Range of Topics No access
6. 1.6. Intentional History and Typification No access
7. 1.7. Excursus: “Nebuchadnezzar”, Khosrau and Jerusalem No access
1. 2.1. General Outlines of Ibbi-Sîn’s Reign No access
2. 2.2. Ibbi-Sîn’s Family Relations No access
3. 2.3. Ibbi-Sîn’s Name and Titles No access
4. 2.4. Ibbi-Sîn’s End No access
3. The Figure of Išbi-Erra and Isin as Heiress of Ur No access Pages 49 - 53
1. 4.1. Divine Primacy of Agency No access
2. 4.2. The Abductions of Marduk No access
3. 4.3. Ancient Explanations No access
1. 5.1. Isin’s Answer No access
2. 5.2. Larsa’s Answer No access
1. 6.1. The Ibbi-Sîn Omens No access
2. 6.2. Excursus: The Element “Four” and the “Four Winds of Heaven” No access
3. 6.3. Excursus: The “Oracle of the Square Temple” at Jerusalem No access
1. 7.1. Sin and Sanction: Mirror Punishment No access
2. 7.2. Sin and Sanction: Collective Punishment No access
3. 7.3. Historical Part No access
4. 7.4. The Abuse of the Fish Offering to Marduk No access
1. 8.1. The Tower of Babel: When Adad smote Etemenanki No access
2. 8.2. The Tower of Babel: Jewish-Babylonian Traditions No access
9. Periodicity of Disasters? No access Pages 186 - 193
1. 10.1. Sargon II and Marduk-apla-iddina II: The New Ibbi-Sîn? No access
2. 10.2. Aššurbanipal and Bēl-ēṭir: The New Utu-ḫeĝal? No access
3. 10.3. Nebuchadnezzar II and the Fish Offering to Marduk No access
4. 10.4. The Sins of Nabonidus No access
5. 10.5. Dareios and the Fall of Babylon No access
6. 10.6. Xerxes and the Statue of Marduk No access
1. 11.1. The Gods No access
2. 11.2. Kings and Priests No access
3. 1. A. ṣābū kidinni “The Privileged Citizens (of a Babylonian City) No access
  2. B. nammaššû “The People (of Babylonia)” No access
  3. C. ṣalmāt qaqqadi “The Black-Headed (People)” No access
4. 1. A. Elam and Šimaški No access
  2. B. Gutium and the Ummān-Manda No access
  3. C. The Subhuman Barbarians from the Eastern Mountains No access
12. Summary: Explaining Disaster No access Pages 246 - 249
1. 1. Source 1: Excerpts from CKU no. 22B & 24: The Wrath of Enlil No access
  2. Source 2: Excerpt from CKU no. 23: Išbi-Erra’s Brazenness No access
  3. Source 3: Excerpt from CKU no. 24: Ibbi-Sîn’s Error (ISO 1) No access
  4. Source 4: Excerpts from the Lament for Sumer and Ur No access
  5. Source 5: Excerpt from a Lamentation: Ibbi-Sîn died at Anšan No access
  6. Source 6: Excerpts from the Lament for Uruk No access
  7. Source 7: Excerpt from the Lament for Ur No access
  8. Source 8: Excerpts from the Lament for Eridu No access
  9. Source 9: Excerpts from the Lament for Nippur No access
  10. Source 10: Inscriptions & Year Names: Šu-ilīšu & the Return of Nanna No access
  11. Source 11: Omen: The Fall of Akkade No access
  12. Source 12: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 2) No access
  13. Source 13: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 3) No access
  14. Source 14: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 4) No access
  15. Source 15: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 1) No access
  16. Source 16: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 2) No access
  17. Source 17: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 1) No access
  18. Source 18: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 2) No access
  19. Source 19: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 3) No access
  20. Source 20: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 5) No access
  21. Source 21: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 6) No access
  22. Source 22: Omens of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 7, ISO 8, ISO 9) No access
  23. Source 23: Omen: The Fall of Akkade No access
  24. Source 24: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 10) No access
  25. Source 25: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 11) No access
  26. Source 26: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 12 No access
  27. Source 27: Omen of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 1) No access
  28. Source 28: Omens of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 2, ASO 3, ASO 4 No access
2. 1. Source 29: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 13) No access
  2. Source 30: Omen of Utu-ḫeĝal No access
  3. Source 31: Shalmaneser I and the Soil of Arinnu No access
  4. Source 32: Nebuchadnezzar I and the Wrath of Marduk No access
  5. Source 33: The Misdeeds of Šutruk-Naḫḫunte I and Kutir-Naḫḫunte II No access
  6. Source 34: Excerpts from the Marduk Prophecy No access
  7. Source 35: The Esaĝil Chronicle No access
  8. Source 36: The Book of Prodigies: Omens of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 14) & Ku-Baʾu (KBO 4) No access
  9. Source 37: The Religious Chronicle No access
  10. Source 38: Excerpts from a Political Letter Quoting Omens of Disaster No access
  11. Source 39: Excerpt from the Poem of Erra No access
  12. Source 40: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 5) No access
  13. Source 41: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 6) No access
  14. Source 42: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 7) No access
  15. Source 43: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 8) No access
  16. Source 44: Chronicle of Early Kings: Sargon of Akkade & the Soil of Babylon No access
  17. Source 45: Omen of Sargon of Akkade: The Soil of Babylon No access
  18. Source 46: Sennacherib and the Soil of Babylon No access
  19. Source 47: Aššurbanipal and the Soil of Elamite Cities No access
  20. Source 48: Chronicle of Early Kings: The Sins of Šulgi No access
  21. Source 49: Chronicle from Uruk: The Sins of Šulgi No access
  22. Source 50: Omen of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 5) No access
  23. Source 51: Omen of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 6) No access
  24. Source 52: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 15) No access
  25. Source 53: Omen dealing with the Element “Four” No access
  26. Source 54: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 16) No access
  27. Source 55: Omen: Devastation of Ur and of the Land No access
  28. Source 56: Omen: Devastation of Ur and of the Land No access
  29. Source 57: Omen: The Wrath of Marduk No access
  30. Source 58: Omen: Devastation of Babylonia No access
  31. Source 59: Omen: Disaster for the King of Babylonia No access
  32. Source 60: Omen: Disaster for the King of Babylonia No access
  33. Source 61: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 17) No access
  34. Source 62: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 18) No access
  35. Source 63: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 19) No access
  36. Source 64: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 20) No access
  37. Source 65: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 21) No access
  38. Source 66: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 22) No access
  39. Source 67: Omen of [Ibbi-Sîn] (ISO 23) No access
  40. Source 68: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 3) No access
  41. Source 69: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 4) No access
  42. Source 70: Letter of Samsu-iluna: The Sins of the Priests of Babylonia No access
  43. Source 71: Chronicle P: Crimes & Punishment of Tukultī-Ninurta I No access
  44. Source 72: Chedorlaomer Texts: Crimes & Punishment of Wicked Kings No access
  45. Source 73: Diary: Xerxes I is killed by his Son No access
  46. Source 74: Esarhaddon: The Sins of the Babylonians No access
  47. Source 75: Excerpts from the Babylonian Chronicle No access
  48. Source 76: Assyrian Prophecy: Marduk’s Mercy No access
  49. Source 77: Nebuchadnezzar II and the Fish for Marduk No access
1. Akkadian No access
2. Non-lemmatic No access
3. Cardinal Numbers No access
4. Complex Cardinal Numbers No access
5. Ordinal Numbers No access
6. Month Names No access
7. Sumerian No access
8. Divine Names No access
9. Temple Names No access
10. Temple Gates No access
11. Personal Names No access
12. Geographical and Ethnographical Names No access
13. City Gates No access
14. Rivers and Canals No access
List of Figures No access Pages 630 - 630
Abbreviations No access Pages 631 - 631
Bibliography No access Pages 632 - 693
1. Divine Names No access
2. Temple Names No access
3. Personal Names No access
4. Geographical & Ethnographical Names No access
5. Terms No access
6. Topics No access
7. Cuneiform Texts No access
8. Biblical & Jewish Literature No access
9. Classical Literature No access