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The footprint of Anzu (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Lion-eagle (Anzû)
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05.05 Composite beings
02.05.05.09 Lion-eagle (Anzû)
Ninurta and Anzû
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04.01 Myths
04.01.09 Ninurta myths
04.01.09.01 Ninurta and Anzû
Topographical Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu)
05.02.02.01 Topographical Omens
Winged horse (Anzû/Pegasus)
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05.05 Composite beings
02.05.05.13 Winged horse (Anzû/Pegasus)

Keywords
cities
omens

Period
Neo-Assyrian Empire

Channel
Neo-Assyrian texts

Text
[If the footprint of] Anzu is seen in a city, the hand of a god will affect that city. … If the footprint of Anzu is seen in a man’s house, a hand (of a god) will affect that house.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Šumma ālu 2.155
Šumma ālu 19.38’

Bibliography

Freedman 1998, 38

Freedman, Sally M. If a City Is Set on a Height. The Akkadian Omen Series Šumma Alu ina Mēlê Šakin. Vol. 1: Tablets 1-21. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 17. Philadelphia: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 1998.

Amar Annus

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