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The Sumerian Zame Hymns from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ : with an appendix on the early dynastic colophons

Title
The Sumerian Zame Hymns from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ : with an appendix on the early dynastic colophons / Manfred Krebernik and Jan J. W. Lisman.
Author
Krebernik, Manfred
Publication
  • Münster : Zaphon, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
Lisman, J. J. W.
Description
278 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
M. Krebernik and J.J.W. Lisman offer the first comprehensive score edition of and the first attempt at an integral translation of the Early Dynastic Sumerian hymns, known in the literature as the Zame Hymns (zà-mì), published by R.D. Biggs in 1974 in his Inscriptions from Tell Abū Ṣalābīkh (IAS). Most of the deities featuring in the collection of the short Zame Hymns also occur in the god lists from Abū Ṣalābīkh and Fara. The hymns are embedded in a narrative which relates to the institution of the cult places for the great gods by the supreme god Enlil in Nippur. The last hymn is dedicated to Lisin and her cult place GES.GI, which is most probably to be identified with Abū Ṣalābīkh, where Lisin is installed as city goddess. If one considers these facts, it becomes very likely that the Zame Hymns were performed when the temple of Lisin was inaugurated and/or when the foundation of her temple and her installation there were re-enacted in the course of a cyclic (annual?) festival. The score edition and translation are supplemented by a detailed commentary on various cultural, historical, grammatical and orthographic aspects. An appendix is devoted to the colophons of contemporary texts from Tell Abū Ṣalābīkh, Fara and Ebla. The additional Synopsis of the Cuneiform Manuscripts of the Zame Hymns will enable an easy verification of the transcription.
Series Statement
Dubsar, 2627-7174 ; Band 12
Uniform Title
Dubsar ; Bd. 12.
Subject
  • Hymns, Sumerian
  • Sumerian language > Texts
  • Sumerian language
  • Abū Ṣalābīkh (Iraq)
  • Iraq > Abū Ṣalābīkh
Genre/Form
Texts.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Call Number
JFE 21-6628
ISBN
  • 3963270349
  • 9783963270345
LCCN
9783963270345
OCLC
1226350787
Author
Krebernik, Manfred, author.
Title
The Sumerian Zame Hymns from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ : with an appendix on the early dynastic colophons / Manfred Krebernik and Jan J. W. Lisman.
Publisher
Münster : Zaphon, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Dubsar, 2627-7174 ; Band 12
Dubsar ; Bd. 12.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Author
Lisman, J. J. W., author.
Other Standard Identifier
9783963270345
Research Call Number
JFE 21-6628
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