Two New Sumerian Texts Involving The Netherworld and Funerary Offerings

Jeremiah Peterson

doi:10.1515/ZA.2009.006

Published by De Gruyter February 2, 2010

Two New Sumerian Texts Involving The Netherworld and Funerary Offerings

Jeremiah Peterson

From the journal Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie

https://doi.org/10.1515/ZA.2009.006

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In this article, an unpublished and unplaced Sumerian literary fragment that appears to describe the witnessing of various deities involved with the netherworld and an unpublished distribution text provisioning, among other things, the use of ghee in conjunction with the funerary offerings of the g u ₂ - e n - n a official at Old Babylonian Nippur, are treated.

Published Online: 2010-02-02

Published in Print: 2009-December

Two New Sumerian Texts Involving The Netherworld and Funerary Offerings

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