Parallel Hurrian and Hittite šumma izbu Omens from Hattuša and Corresponding Akkadian Omens

Yoram Cohen

doi:10.1515/aofo-2017-0002

Parallel Hurrian and Hittite šumma izbu Omens from Hattuša and Corresponding Akkadian Omens

Yoram Cohen

Department of Archaeology

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

This article discusses the remains of the šumma izbu omen series from Hattuša. It will identify two previously misidentified Hurrian fragments as belonging to the omen series and demonstrate that they are parallel to Hittite šumma izbu omens found at Hattuša and Akkadian šumma izbu omens from elsewhere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9-18
Number of pages	10
Journal	Altorientalische Forschungen
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2017-0002
State	Published - 6 Jul 2017

Keywords

Ancient Near Eastern divination
Hittite and Hurrian divination
the šumma izbu omen series
transmission and reception of cuneiform literature

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Cultural Studies
Language and Linguistics
History
Linguistics and Language

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Parallel Hurrian and Hittite šumma izbu Omens from Hattuša and Corresponding Akkadian Omens

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