RELG 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lamassu, Persian Language, Ashurbanipal
8 Dec 2015
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No. some scholars believe that crowns were burned after death, so each pharaoh wore a new one. According to an egyptologist named brier, he believed that there was only one crown worn by each pharaoh. What gift did an give to humans? he was the first king of the gods, and he provided humanity with the gift of kingship. The descent of inanna: from the great above to the great. Inanna abandons heaven and earth to descend to the underworld. she is the queen of heaven, and has gone because her brother in law. Gugalanna has died, and she is there to witness funeral rights. She knocks on the doors of the underworld, and is greeted by neti, who doesn;t intially believe that she is inanna, and so he goes to speak to his queen, ereshkigal. Ereshkigal lets inanna enter, but removes the lapis beads she wore around her neck, her gold rings, her measuring rod, royal robe.
