• Nabnitu ("Creation") is an ancient encyclopedic work of the Old Babylonian period (c. 1800 BCE) that consists of multiple tablets. The name Nabnitu is...
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  • the name of the goddess Ninimma, which could be explained in Akkadian as nabnītu or bunnannû, two terms pertaining to creation. However, this proposal is...
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    Sumerian Creation Myth, Debate Between Bird and Fish, Lament for Ur, Nabnitu, Lu-Di IRA" – via www.alibris.com. Samuel Noah Kramer (April 1979). From...
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    Sumerian Creation Myth, Debate Between Bird and Fish, Lament for Ur, Nabnitu, Lu-Di IRA" – via www.alibris.com. ETCSL ext link, lines 1-18-(3 small...
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  • word uraš to refer to heaven rather than earth, attested for example in Nabnitu, but the details of these developments are unknown. It has been noted that...
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    of cuneiform text CBS 10996 Babylonian Musicology by Richard Dumbrill: Nabnitu xxxii / U. 3011, Babylonian Musicology. Understanding enneatonism by Richard...
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    such as izi = išātu and Ká-gal = abullu. The works SIG7+ALAN (ulutim) = nabnītu and Erim-huš = anantu are thought to have been composed at this time. The...
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    "(Having) far-reaching advice" Malūkatum is listed as an epithet of Inanna in Nabnītu (tablet IV, line 203) alongside a Sumerian explanation, dInanna-malga-sù...
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