The Poem of Erra

abubu Adad Akkad Akkadian literature An)zu ancient Anum Anunnaki apkallu Apsu Assurbanipal Assyriologists Babylon Babylonian BiOr 30 Cagni cited context cult Dark-headed deluge demons destroy destruction devastation divine Dur-Kurigalzu earth Emeslam enemies Enlil epic genre epic poetry epithet Epopea Erra and Isum Erra heard Erra's Esagila expression fact Fascicle fierce weapons Fragment Gilgames Girra gods Marduk Gossmann Hehe herald herds hero Erra Hruska Igigi interpretation Istar Isum Kabti-ilani-Marduk Keilschrifttext king Labat lacuna Landsberger literary genre lsum Luigi Cagni Marduk's attire mention Mesopotamian literature mountain mouth and spoke myth narration narrative narrazione Nergal Nippur opened his mouth Pantheon patriarchal authority poem of Erra poetic precise presented prince Marduk reconstruction reference sacred Sakkan Samas scholars seat seems Sibitti Sippar Sultantepe Sumer Sumerian Sutians Tablet temple term tion tradition translation ummdnu unrivalled heroes Uruk verb verse W. G. Lambert words