Ezinan’s Seven Children

Abstract This contribution contains the first edition of a Sumerian myth about the grain goddess Ezinan/Ašnan and her seven children or her seventh child. Its other protagonists are the deities Enki with his vizier Isimud, the sky god An, and the moon god Nanna. The composition is exclusively preserved on several more or less fragmentary tablets from Abū Ṣalābīḫ.

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Altorientalische Forschungen
Published
2024-11-01
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https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2024-0019
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1
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Historical and Literary Analyses
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Ezinan’s Seven Children

Manfred Krebernik, Jan J.W. Lisman
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Historical and Literary Analyses
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Ezinan’s Seven Children

Manfred Krebernik, Jan J.W. Lisman
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Abstract This contribution contains the first edition of a Sumerian myth about the grain goddess Ezinan/Ašnan and her seven children or her seventh child. Its other protagonists are the deities Enki with his vizier Isimud, the sky god An, and the moon god Nanna. The composition is exclusively preserved on several more or less fragmentary tablets from Abū Ṣalābīḫ.

Altorientalische ForschungenVol. 51(2)
Juliana Kinderziekenhuis (NL), Leipzig University (DE)
Openalex Percentile: Top 5%
Historical and Literary Analyses
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