Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires

Department

Religious Studies

ISSN

0989-5671

Volume

2015

Issue

4

First Page

160

Last Page

162

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Abstract

Twenty-five years ago W. H. van Soldt published an interesting letter-prayer from a man named Ardum to the god Amurrum. In this short note, I offer an alternative translation of the prayer’s final sentence, which explains how a bed-ridden man delivered his prayer to the god and granted others the authority to lay the petition before the deity.

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