Title

An Alternate Ending to an Akkadian Letter-Prayer to Amurrum (AbB 12, no. 99)

Authors

Alan Lenzi, University of the PacificFollow

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.

Recommended Citation

Lenzi, A. (2015). An Alternate Ending to an Akkadian Letter-Prayer to Amurrum (AbB 12, no. 99). Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2015(4), 160–162.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facarticles/182