Nābû and Munabbiātu
Two New Syrian Religious Personnel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7863817 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Fleming (0009-0003-2955-7953), Daniel Ε Fleming (0000-0002-4637-1822, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175 |
| Publication date | 1993-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/603022 |
| OpenAlex | W2314129758 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Recently published Akkadian texts from Mari and Emar include two previously unattested religious personnel whose titles are derived from the verb nabu(m), to name, call, lament. The lu nabi-i mes from Mari and the lu.mes na-bi-i from Emar should be the same group, and the Emar group is in turn linked to the Emar munabbiātu in their shared service of the goddess Ishara. If the plural nouns nābu and munabbiātu are derived from the same verbal root, they may be understood by an active etymology as those who invoke (name) the gods. Alternatively, the munabbiātu may be wailers for mourning and the derivation of the other noun uncertain. In the Mari attestation the nābu participate in a divinatory inquiry, so that the word may be appropriately added to evidence for prophecy in second-millennium Syria. The Mari and Emar terms represent the first known cognate to the principal Hebrew word for prophet, nābi
Akkadian · Art · Cognate · Etymology · Hebrew · Icelandic · Lament · Linguistics · Literature · Noun · Plural · Root (linguistics) · Theology · Verb · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |