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Three-layered heaven (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Anu (Heaven) 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.04 Concept of god (1) 01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism) 01.04.03.05 Great gods 01.04.03.05.01 Anu (Heaven) Three-layered heaven 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.05 Celestial imagery 01.05.02 Three-layered heaven	Keywords divisions minerals universe
Period Neo-Babylonian Empire	Channel Neo-Babylonian texts

Text
AO 8196 iv 20-22:
The Upper Heavens are luludanitu stone. They belong to Anu. The Middle Heavens are saggilmud stone. They belong to the Igigi. The Lower Heavens are jasper. They belong to the stars.

Source (list of abbreviations)
AO 8196 iv 20-22

Bibliography

Horowitz 1998, 4

Horowitz, Wayne. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns 1998.

Amar Annus

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