The Poem of Erra

action Adad Akkad Akkadian literature ANCIENT NEAR EAST Anum Anunnaki apkallu Apsû Assurbanipal Assyrian Assyriologists Babylon Babylonian BiOr 30 BUCCELLATI Cagni cited context cult Dark-headed deluge demons destroy destruction divine Dur-Kurigalzu earth Emeslam enemies Enlil Enūma eliš epic genre epic poetry epithet Epopea Erra heard Erra's Esagila exemplars expression fact Fascicle fierce weapons Fragment Gilgameš Girra Gössmann herald herds hero Erra Hruška Igigi interpretation Ištar Ištaran Išum Kabti-ilāni-Marduk Keilschrifttext KELLY-BUCCELLATI king Labat lacuna Landsberger literary genre 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 prince Marduk reconstruction reference sacred Šamaš scholars seems Sibitti Sippar Soden Sultantepe Sumerian Sutians Syro-Mesopotamian Studies Tablet temple term tion tradition translation unrivalled heroes Uruk verb verse volume W. G. Lambert words