Aratta is a land that appears in Sumerian myths surrounding Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, two early and possibly mythical kings of Uruk also mentioned on the...
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Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is a legendary Sumerian account, preserved in early post-Sumerian copies, composed in the Neo-Sumerian period (ca. 21st...
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Enmerkar (section Expeditions to Aratta)
According to literary sources, he led various campaigns against the land of Aratta. He is credited in Sumerian legend as the inventor of writing. A excerpt...
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Majidzadeh has attempted to identify the Jiroft sites with the land of Aratta mentioned in Sumerian sources. His conclusions have been met with skepticism...
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sequel to Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, and is second in a series of four accounts describing the contests of Aratta against Enmerkar, lord of Unug and...
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describes the conflicts between Enmerkar, king of Unug (Uruk), and the king of Aratta. The texts are believed to be composed during the Ur III Period (21st century...
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Sumerian story with some similar elements is told in Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta. The phrase "Tower of Babel" does not appear in the Bible; it is always...
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the image of gods. In the Sumerian epic entitled Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, in a speech of Enmerkar, an introductory spell appears, recounting Enki...
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sources mention his consort Ninsun and his heroic deeds in an expedition to Aratta by King Enmerkar. Lugalbanda is listed in the Sumerian King List as the...
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poem Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta (ETCSL 1.8.2.3). The epic deals with a rivalry between the cities of Uruk and Aratta. Enmerkar, the king of Uruk,...
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conflicts between Enmerkar, king of Unug (Uruk), and an unnamed king of Aratta. The story is followed by another known as Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird...
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were seen as priests rather than the Brahmanas (8,40) In the region called Aratta, resides the people called the Vahikas. The lowest of Brahmanas also are...
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Lamashtu Lilu Pazuzu Rabisu Tales Mythology An = Anum Atra-Hasis Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Enūma Eliš Epic of Gilgamesh Terms Dingir Sukkal v t e...
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mountains, connecting Mesopotamia and the Iranian Plateau. The kingdoms of Aratta, known from cuneiform sources, may have been located in the Central Iranian...
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Genesis flood narrative. The Sumerian myth of Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta also had influence on the Tower of Babel myth in Genesis. Some writers trace...
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Porta Coeli International Art Gallery and Academy, Venosa, Italy. 2018 “Aratta collection”, exhibition of jewelries in Pirro del Balzo Castel, Sala Gesualdo...
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Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta and Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana as well as two tales of Lugalbanda during Enmerkar's campaign against Aratta: Lugalbanda in the...
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Melem-Kish Barsal-nuna Uruk I dynasty Mesh-ki-ang-gasher Enmerkar ("conqueror of Aratta") 2700 BCE Early Dynastic Period II (2700–2600 BCE) Zamug, Tizqar, Ilku...
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Lamashtu Lilu Pazuzu Rabisu Tales Mythology An = Anum Atra-Hasis Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Enūma Eliš Epic of Gilgamesh Terms Dingir Sukkal v t e...
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Melem-Kish Barsal-nuna Uruk I dynasty Mesh-ki-ang-gasher Enmerkar ("conqueror of Aratta") 2700 BCE Early Dynastic Period II (2700–2600 BCE) Zamug, Tizqar, Ilku...
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Hamazi is found in the epic literary composition Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, where Enmerkar prays to Enki about the confusion of languages in the various...
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Melem-Kish Barsal-nuna Uruk I dynasty Mesh-ki-ang-gasher Enmerkar ("conqueror of Aratta") 2700 BCE Early Dynastic Period II (2700–2600 BCE) Zamug, Tizqar, Ilku...
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original inspiration for Nimrod, because the story of Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta bears a few similarities to the legend of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel...
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helped develop his interest in its folk music. He was the leader of the "Aratta Rebirth", with which he performed Red Hail. On April 29, 2022, Nonesuch...
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musical (2014–2015). 2008 - "Mi togh indz" 2009 - "Hasnelu em" (featuring Aratta) 2009 - "Ko hogin" 2011 - "Khelagar ser" (16+) 2011 - "Yekel em paghtsnem"...
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Sumerian Lament for Ur, Lament for Sumer and Ur, Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, and Debate between Winter and Summer 2000 BC – 1900 BC: Egyptian Tale of...
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early Sumerian epic Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta as being en route between Uruk and the legendary Aratta, supposedly around the time writing was developed...
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Lamashtu Lilu Pazuzu Rabisu Tales Mythology An = Anum Atra-Hasis Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Enūma Eliš Epic of Gilgamesh Terms Dingir Sukkal v t e...
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e-gi(g)-par" The giparu of Inanna in Uruk is mentioned in Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta, lines 1–24: "Before the land of Dilmun yet existed, the E-ana of Unug Kulaba...
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Melem-Kish Barsal-nuna Uruk I dynasty Mesh-ki-ang-gasher Enmerkar ("conqueror of Aratta") 2700 BCE Early Dynastic Period II (2700–2600 BCE) Zamug, Tizqar, Ilku...
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