NMC102H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Enheduanna, Axis Mundi, Babylonian Law
15 Sep 2016
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Abi-eshukh: 8th king of the first dynasty of babylon, dammed the tigris in his. 19th year in an attempt to capture illummail. Tamitu text: an inquiry by the king addressed to shamash and adad. Tigris dam: abi-eshukh dammed the tigris in his 19th year in an attempt to capture illummail. Song of songs (canticles): bible book similar to the sumerian love songs. Inanna: goddess of love and war, consort to dumuzi. King solomon: son of david who was commonly viewed as the author of the. Song of songs by both jews and christians until the rise of criticism in the nineteenth century. The lady in the window: babylonian killili known for protection and she leans out the window cause she wants to be dissolved by some spell. There were also number of compositions mentioning the king by name. Their prototype may be the death of gilgamesh, a sumerian epic that details the legendary fate of this celebrated ruler of uruk.
