Būr-Sîn or Amar-Suʾena
Was There a “Historical Omen” of Būr-Sîn of Isin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6077815 |
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| Authors | Nils P Heessel (University of Würzburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Pages | 99-105 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0256 • E-ISSN: 2325-6737 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/jcunestud.68.2016.0099 |
| OpenAlex | W2472626568 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
A new fragment of a Neo-Assyrian extispicy text from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago contains selected omens from different chapters of the extispicy series bārûtu. One of these omens appears to be a parallel to a so-called historical omen thought to refer to King Būr-Sîn of Isin. The new omen, however, calls this interpretation into question, because it describes events otherwise attributed in the omen literature to King Amar-Suʾena of the Third Dynasty of Ur. This raises serious doubts on the very existence of any Mesopotamian “historical” omens concerning King Būr-Sîn of Isin
Archaeology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Omen · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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