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If Marduk falls to the ground (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Resurrection
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.01 Doctrine of salvation
03.02.01.13 Resurrection
Statues of gods
06 Visual arts and architecture
06.03 Sculpture
06.03.06 Sculpture in round
06.03.06.02 Statues of gods
Travel Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu)
05.02.02.06 Travel Omens

Keywords
Marduk
omens
resurrection

Period
Neo-Assyrian Empire

Channel
Neo-Assyrian texts

Text
K 13290.1 / K 2181.14’:
If Marduk either by leaving Esagil or by entering it falls to the ground and stays on the ground, the dead will arise, the end of the reign, the lamentation of the country [ … ].

Sources (list of abbreviations)
K 13290.1
K 2181.14’

Bibliography

Sallaberger 2000, 232

Sallaberger, Walther. “Das Erscheinen Marduks als Vorzeichen. Kultstatue und Neujahrsfest in der Omenserie Summa alu.” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 90 (2000) 227-262.

Amar Annus

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