The Babylonian šumma immeru omens
transmission, reception and text production
<<The>> Babylonian "šumma immeru" omens
transmission, reception and text production
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations for the šumma immeru Omens -- The šumma immeru Omens Textual Sources -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Research and Publication History...
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations for the šumma immeru Omens -- The šumma immeru Omens Textual Sources -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Research and Publication History of the šumma immeru Omens -- 1. The Standard Version (ca. 1880s-1940s -- 1980) -- 2. The Assur Manuscripts (1930s -- 2012) -- 3. The Old Babylonian Version (ca. 1940s-1950s) -- 4. The Late Bronze Age Version (1970s-Present) -- 5. The Sealand Dynasty Manuscript (2013) -- 6. General Discussions and Related Sources -- Part II: An Introduction to the šumma immeru Omens -- 1. Mesopotamia-Land of Sheep and Wool -- 2. Sheep Terminology and the Terms for the Sacrificial Animal in Divination -- 3. How did Extispicy Omens Come About? -- 4. Divination Literature, Omen Compendia and the šumma immeru Omens -- 5. How to Read the šumma immeru Omens? -- 6. The Name of the šumma immeru Omen Compendium -- Part III: The Extispicy Ritual -- 1. The Ritual Purity of the Diviner -- 2. Finding the Right Sheep for the Extispicy Ritual -- 3. Placing the Oracle Question in Front of the Gods -- 4. The Slaughter of the Sacrificial Animal -- 5. "Reading" the Sheep -- 6. "Reading" the Liver -- Chapter 2: The Old Babylonian šumma immeru Version -- 1. Edition and Translation -- 2. Commentary -- 3. Discussion -- Chapter 3: The Late Bronze Age šumma immeru Version -- 1. Edition and Translation -- 2. Commentary -- 3. Discussion -- Chapter 4: The Intermediate Versions of the šumma immeru Omens -- 1. Intermediate Version 1 (= IMV1) -- 1.1 Edition -- 1.2 Commentary -- 1.3 Discussion -- 2. Intermediate Version 2 (= IMV2) -- 2.1 Edition -- 2.2 Commentary -- 2.3 Discussion -- 3. Intermediate Version 3 (= IMV3) -- 3.1 Edition -- 3.2 Commentary -- 3.3 Discussion -- 4. An Extract of an Intermediate Version of the Series (= IMV4).
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