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Mesopotamian Literature

Notes

Notes to Chapter 2. Mesopotamia

Giorgio Buccellati – August 2023

2.1 The times: developments
2.2 The times: continuity
2.3 Places
2.4 Peoples
2.5 Authors and users
2.6 Author's personal engagement
2.7 The scribal interface
2.8 Intentionality
2.9 Mesopotamian "literature"
2.10 The canon
2.11 Dating of the texts
2.12 The biblical rewriting

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2.1 The times: developments

  1. On the political divisions, see Buccellati 2013 Origins; cf. also the companion website Mes-Pol.

    – [ Giorgio Buccellati, January 2022]

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2.2 The times: continuity

  1. On the concept of “synchrony”, see Buccellati 1996 Grammar and Buccellati 2017 C A R; cf. also the companion websites Mes-Lan and CAR.

    – [ Giorgio Buccellati, January 2022]

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2.5 Authors and users

  1. Refer to Jacobsen about Dilmun for royal dinner context. About babtum, see Buccellati 1996 Grammar.

    – [ Giorgio Buccellati, January 2022]

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2.7 The scribal interface

  1. See Jacobsen 1976 Treasures, p. 24: the author suggests a close correlation between an artifact (the Uruk vase) and aspects of the myth of Dumuzi: this differs, however, from the type of correlation we find with political texts, because the correlation is generic and not tied to a specific text, much less is the text inserted in the figurative dimension. Several other examples of such correlation (e.g., Urkesh Gilgamesh), but generally about single details, and none specific. Cf. also Vanstiphout 1986 Genre.

    – [ Giorgio Buccellati, January 2022]