Of Captive Storm Gods and Cunning Foxes: New Insights Into Early Sumerian Mythology, With an Edition of Ni 12501
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This paper publishes the editio princeps of an Early Dynastic IIIb tablet from Nippur, which contains a unique yet fragmentary Sumerian narrative about the storm god Iškur’s captivity in the netherworld, from which he appears to be rescued by Fox. While the incomplete state of preservation prevents a reconstruction of the plot, individual motifs can be traced across the entire cuneiform corpus, allowing for a preliminary case study of continuity and change over more than two millennia of Mesopotamian mythological literature.
Source: Iraq
DOI: 10.1017/irq.2024.19
Author: Jana Matuszak
Institution: University of Chicago
Language: English
Topic: Ancient Near East History
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
OpenAlex ID: W4407884673