“Both my Cleansed Hands”

This short contribution edits for the first time a small fragment housed in the Horn Archaeological Museum at St Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. This fragment contains the meagre remains of what once was a letter addressed to the goddess Ištar sent by a woman named Abī-tukultī. Litera...

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Published in:Altorientalische Forschungen
Main Author: Wagensonner, Klaus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2021
In: Altorientalische Forschungen
Further subjects:B Old Babylonian
B Ištar
B literary letter
B Prayer
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Summary:This short contribution edits for the first time a small fragment housed in the Horn Archaeological Museum at St Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. This fragment contains the meagre remains of what once was a letter addressed to the goddess Ištar sent by a woman named Abī-tukultī. Literary letters of the Old Babylonian period are fairly scarce, and the present text is the first known letter to Ištar and hence a welcome addition to the corpus.
ISSN:2196-6761
Contains:Enthalten in: Altorientalische Forschungen
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/aofo-2021-0010