The Poem of Erra

according action addressed Akkadian already ancient Anum Anunnaki appears aspect Assyria attire attribution Babylon Babylonian beginning cause character characteristic cited completely concept concerning considered context deluge destroy destruction divine earth elements enemies Enlil enter epic epithet Epopea especially evil expression fact figure Fragment genre give given gods hand heart herds hero Erra hold human identified indicates interpretation introduction Išum Kabti-ilāni-Marduk killed king known Labat least literary literature Marduk means mention Mesopotamian mountain mouth myth narrative Nergal opened original perhaps person poem of Erra poetic position possible precise presented preserved prince probably proposal question reasons recently reconstruction reference represent sacred scholars seat seems Sibitti speak Sumerian Tablet temple term tion tradition translation true turned weapons