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Legends of the Kings of Akkade : The Texts / Joan Goodnick Westenholz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mesopotamian CivilizationsPublisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781575065038
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 892/.1 21
LOC classification:
  • PJ3725 .W47 1997eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Concordance of Museum Numbers -- Concordance of Publication Numbers -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part A: Sargon -- Chapter 2. The Sargon "Autobiographies" -- Chapter 3. Sargon's Rise to Power: Sargon, Ur-Zababa, and Lugalzagesi -- Chapter 4. Res Gestae Sargonis -- Chapter 5. The Sargon Letters -- Part B: Naram-Sin -- Chapter 6. Naram-Sin and the Lord of Apišal -- Chapter 7. Erra and Naram-Sin -- Chapter 8. Elegy on the Death of Naram-Sin -- Chapter 9. The Great Revolt against Naram-Sin -- Chapter 10. "Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes": The "Cuthean Legend" of Naram-Sin -- Indexes -- Plates
Summary: The most impressive legacy of the Dynasty of Akkade (ca. 2310-2160 B.C.E.) was the widespread, popular legends of its kings. Dr. Westenholz offers an annotated edition of all the known legends of the Akkadian kings, with transliteration, translation, and commentary. Of particular interest to biblical scholars is the inclusion of "The Birth Legend of Sargon," which is often compared to Moses in Exodus.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Concordance of Museum Numbers -- Concordance of Publication Numbers -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part A: Sargon -- Chapter 2. The Sargon "Autobiographies" -- Chapter 3. Sargon's Rise to Power: Sargon, Ur-Zababa, and Lugalzagesi -- Chapter 4. Res Gestae Sargonis -- Chapter 5. The Sargon Letters -- Part B: Naram-Sin -- Chapter 6. Naram-Sin and the Lord of Apišal -- Chapter 7. Erra and Naram-Sin -- Chapter 8. Elegy on the Death of Naram-Sin -- Chapter 9. The Great Revolt against Naram-Sin -- Chapter 10. "Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes": The "Cuthean Legend" of Naram-Sin -- Indexes -- Plates

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The most impressive legacy of the Dynasty of Akkade (ca. 2310-2160 B.C.E.) was the widespread, popular legends of its kings. Dr. Westenholz offers an annotated edition of all the known legends of the Akkadian kings, with transliteration, translation, and commentary. Of particular interest to biblical scholars is the inclusion of "The Birth Legend of Sargon," which is often compared to Moses in Exodus.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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