Research Article

Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend

Volume: 11 May 15, 2014
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Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend

Abstract

This article is a study of the ancient Mesopotamian literary text known as the 'Cuthaean Legend'. This Naram-Sin legend is known from several versions in the extant cuneiform corpus of texts (Westenholz 1997). The names of Anubanini and members of his clan, the main protagonists, have remained puzzling in several respects. The present contribution seeks to establish the reading of these names, making use of conventional cuneiform collation and analysis as well as digitial image processing. This is followed by an onomastic discussion of these names, relating them to aspects of Mesopotamian religion, literature, ethnnology, and demonology.

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English

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Research Article

Publication Date

May 15, 2014

Submission Date

February 25, 2014

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 11

APA
Adalı, S., Demirci, M. F., Özbayoğlu, A. M., & Ergin, O. (2014). Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend. Gephyra, 11, 15-28. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.194068
AMA
1.Adalı S, Demirci MF, Özbayoğlu AM, Ergin O. Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend. GEPHYRA. 2014;11:15-28. doi:10.37095/gephyra.194068
Chicago
Adalı, Selim, M. Fatih Demirci, A. Murat Özbayoğlu, and Oğuz Ergin. 2014. “Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend”. Gephyra 11 (May): 15-28. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.194068.
EndNote
Adalı S, Demirci MF, Özbayoğlu AM, Ergin O (May 1, 2014) Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend. Gephyra 11 15–28.
IEEE
[1]S. Adalı, M. F. Demirci, A. M. Özbayoğlu, and O. Ergin, “Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend”, GEPHYRA, vol. 11, pp. 15–28, May 2014, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.194068.
ISNAD
Adalı, Selim - Demirci, M. Fatih - Özbayoğlu, A. Murat - Ergin, Oğuz. “Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend”. Gephyra 11 (May 1, 2014): 15-28. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.194068.
JAMA
1.Adalı S, Demirci MF, Özbayoğlu AM, Ergin O. Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend. GEPHYRA. 2014;11:15–28.
MLA
Adalı, Selim, et al. “Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend”. Gephyra, vol. 11, May 2014, pp. 15-28, doi:10.37095/gephyra.194068.
Vancouver
1.Selim Adalı, M. Fatih Demirci, A. Murat Özbayoğlu, Oğuz Ergin. Why the Names? Anubanini and His Clan in the Cuthaean Legend. GEPHYRA. 2014 May 1;11:15-28. doi:10.37095/gephyra.194068

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