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How To Do Things With Tears : Ritual Lamenting in Ancient Mesopotamia / Paul Delnero.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; 26Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 668 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781501519468
  • 9781501512940
  • 9781501512650
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Doing Things with Tears -- Chapter 2 Lamenting in the Early Second Millennium -- Chapter 3 Writing and the Performance of Sumerian Laments -- Chapter 4 Emotion and Sumerian Laments -- Chapter 5 Sound and Meaning in Sumerian Laments -- Chapter 6 Conclusion – the Cultural Function of Mesopotamian Lamenting -- Appendix 1 Edition of uru2-am3-ma-i-ra-bi (Kirugus 1–5) -- Appendix 2 Catalogue and List of Old Babylonian Sources for Sumerian Laments by Type -- Appendix 3 Lists of Phonetic Writings in Phonetically Written Lament Sources -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In contrast to other traditions, cultic laments in Mesopotamia were not performed in response to a tragic event, such as a death or a disaster, but instead as a preemptive ritual to avert possible catastrophes. Mesopotamian laments provide a unique insight into the relationship between humankind and the gods, and their study sheds light on the nature of collective rituals within a crosscultural context. Cultic laments were performed in Mesopotamia for nearly 3000 years. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this important ritual practice in the early 2nd millennium BCE, the period during which Sumerian laments were first put in writing. It also includes a new translation and critical edition of Uruamairabi (‘That city, which has been plundered’), one of the most widely performed compositions of its genre.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Doing Things with Tears -- Chapter 2 Lamenting in the Early Second Millennium -- Chapter 3 Writing and the Performance of Sumerian Laments -- Chapter 4 Emotion and Sumerian Laments -- Chapter 5 Sound and Meaning in Sumerian Laments -- Chapter 6 Conclusion – the Cultural Function of Mesopotamian Lamenting -- Appendix 1 Edition of uru2-am3-ma-i-ra-bi (Kirugus 1–5) -- Appendix 2 Catalogue and List of Old Babylonian Sources for Sumerian Laments by Type -- Appendix 3 Lists of Phonetic Writings in Phonetically Written Lament Sources -- Bibliography -- Index

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In contrast to other traditions, cultic laments in Mesopotamia were not performed in response to a tragic event, such as a death or a disaster, but instead as a preemptive ritual to avert possible catastrophes. Mesopotamian laments provide a unique insight into the relationship between humankind and the gods, and their study sheds light on the nature of collective rituals within a crosscultural context. Cultic laments were performed in Mesopotamia for nearly 3000 years. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this important ritual practice in the early 2nd millennium BCE, the period during which Sumerian laments were first put in writing. It also includes a new translation and critical edition of Uruamairabi (‘That city, which has been plundered’), one of the most widely performed compositions of its genre.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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