Ludlul bēl Nēmeqi
The Standard Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer
Amar Annus and Alan Lenzi
Ludlul bēl Nēmeqi
The Standard Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer
Amar Annus and Alan Lenzi
SAACT 7 presents a new edition of Ludlul bēl Nēmeqi “the Babylonian poem of the righteous sufferer.” This edition, based on all known tablets of the poem, offers the most complete text of Ludlul to date. Building on a half century of research and discovery, the editors incorporate previously unknown lines of the poem and establish the proper ordering of the material in Tablet IV. The edition includes an extensive introduction, the reconstructed text in cuneiform and transliteration, a translation, and a glossary and sign list. Assyriologists and biblical scholars alike will welcome this long overdue edition of “the Babylonian Job.”
- Description
- Table of Contents
- Subjects
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Previous Scholarship on the Text of Ludlul
The Reconstruction of the Text of Ludlul
šubš-mešre-šakkan and the Composition of Ludlul
A Brief Interpretive Summary of Ludlul
Some Linguistic and Literary Features of Ludlul
Ludlul and ‘Wisdom’
Ludlul as Religious Text
On the Present Volume
Manuscripts
Manuscripts Listed Alphabetically
Manuscripts Presented by Content
Manuscripts Listed by Geographical Origin
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Cuneiform Text
Tablet I
Tablet II
Tablet III
Tablet IV
Transliteration
Tablet I
Tablet II
Tablet III
Tablet IV
Translation
Tablet I
Tablet II
Tablet III
Tablet IV
Glossary and Indices
Logograms and Their Readings
Glossary
Index of Names (Personal, Place and Divine)
Sign List
Also of Interest
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