The Poem of Erra

abubu Adad Akkad Akkadian literature An)zu ANCIENT NEAR EAST Anum Anunnaki apkallu Apsu Assurbanipal Assyrian Babylon Babylonian BiOr 30 BUCCELLATI Cagni cited context cult deluge demons destruction divine Dur-Kurigalzu earth Emeslam enemies Enlil Enuma 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 KELLY-BUCCELLATI king Labat lacuna Landsberger literary genre Luigi Cagni Marduk's attire mention Mesopotamian literature mountain myth narration narrative narrazione Nergal Nippur opened his mouth Pantheon patriarchal authority poem of Erra poetic precise prince Marduk reconstruction reference sacred Sakkan Samas scholars seat seems Sibitti Sippar Soden Sultantepe Sumerian Sutians Syro-Mesopotamian Studies Tablet temple term tion tradition translation ummdnu unrivalled heroes Uruk verb verse Volume W. G. Lambert words