Research Article

The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil

Number: 15 June 1, 2016
Selim Ferruh Adalı
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The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil

Abstract

The progress in the publication of the Babylonian omen series Enuma Anu Enlil allows for revisiting the relationship between the Assyro-Babylonian divinatory tradition and the malhama, a meteorological divinatory genre of Late Antiquity and the Medieval Age. The textual agreements between the solar eclipse omens of the Arabic and Turkish malhama texts with the respective omens in Enuma Anu Enlil may suggest that the genre continued its textual transmission for centuries because of its role in agricultural society and its grounding in oral tradition.

Keywords

Malhama, Omens, Divination, Babylonian astronomy, Enuma Anu Enlil

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Archaeology (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

Submission Date

April 5, 2016

Acceptance Date

May 29, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2016 Number: 15

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https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ

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APA
Adalı, S. F. (2016). The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil. Colloquium Anatolicum, 15, 14-31. https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ
AMA
1.Adalı SF. The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil. Colloquium Anatolicum. 2016;(15):14-31. https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ
Chicago
Adalı, Selim Ferruh. 2016. “The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements Between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil”. Colloquium Anatolicum, nos. 15: 14-31. https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ.
EndNote
Adalı SF (June 1, 2016) The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil. Colloquium Anatolicum 15 14–31.
IEEE
[1]S. F. Adalı, “The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil”, Colloquium Anatolicum, no. 15, pp. 14–31, June 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ
ISNAD
Adalı, Selim Ferruh. “The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements Between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil”. Colloquium Anatolicum. 15 (June 1, 2016): 14-31. https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ.
JAMA
1.Adalı SF. The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil. Colloquium Anatolicum. 2016;:14–31.
MLA
Adalı, Selim Ferruh. “The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements Between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil”. Colloquium Anatolicum, no. 15, June 2016, pp. 14-31, https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ.
Vancouver
1.Selim Ferruh Adalı. The Transmission of Solar Eclipse Omens in Anatolia and the Near East: Textual Agreements between Malhama Texts and Omens from Enuma Anu Enlil. Colloquium Anatolicum [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 1;(15):14-31. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA84XL85TZ

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