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Having an ominous dream (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Dream omens (Zaqiqu)
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.05 Dream omens (Zaqiqu)
Literary motifs and topoi
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.01 Imperial languages
11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features
11.01.05.04 Literary motifs and topoi
Shared linguistic items and features
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.01 Imperial languages
11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features

Keywords
dreams
omens

Period
Hellenistic Empires
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Sumerian Ur III Empire

Channel
Akkadian poetry
Apocrypha
Sumerian poetry

Text
Gudea Cylinder A 12.12-13:
Gudea awoke, it was a dream; he shuddered, it was an ominous dream.

SAA 3 32.37:
[Kumm]aya awoke with a start … it was a dream

2 Esdras 5:14:
I awoke with a start, shuddering … But the angel [Uriel] who had come and talked to me gave me strength …

Sources (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
2 Esdras 5:14-15
Gudea Cylinder A 12.12-13
SAA 3 32.37

Simo Parpola

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