CORPUS

The corpus includes literary texts (e.g., myths, epics, hymns) and royal inscriptions from the Old Sumerian to the Old Babylonian period (circa 2500–1600 BCE) which are available in standard scientific editions or accessible online.

Literary texts: The corpus is based on the texts available in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL). These texts are also available in the Corpus of the electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary (ePSD2). While the transliteration is mostly, but not always taken over from ePSD2/ETCSL, the translation is mostly realised by Manuel Ceccarelli. For the following compositions, transliteration and translation lean on those of Pascal Attinger:

• The return of Ninurta to Nippur (Angim) with Anna Glenn


• Innana and Ebih; with P. Attinger, Inana et Ebiḫ, ZA 88 (1998) 164-195


• Innana's descent to the nether world


• Enmerkara et Ensukukešdana; with C. Mittermayer and P. Attinger, Enmerkara et Ensukukešdana, in mu-zu an-za3-še3 kur-ur2-še3 ḫe2-ĝal2. Altorientalistische Studien zu Ehren von Konrad Volk, edited by Jana Matuszak and Jessica Baldwin with the collaboration of Manuel Ceccarelli, 191–262. Münster: Zaphon, 2020


• Iddin-Dagan A; with P. Attinger, Iddin-Dagan A, Babel and Bible 8 (2014) 11-82


• Sulgi X; with P. Attinger, Sulgi X, Altorientalische Forschungen 49 (2022) 197–237.

Royal inscriptions: The corpus is based on the texts available in The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions as well as in the volumes of the Royal Inscripitions of Mesopotamia - Early Periods (RIME):

• RIME 1 [2007]: Frayne, Douglas R., Pre-Sargonic Period (2700-2350 BC)


• RIME 2 [1993]: Frayne, Douglas R., Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2334-2113 BC)


• RIME 3/1 [1994]: Edzard, Dietz Otto, Gudea and His Dynasty


• RIME 3/2 [1997]: Frayne, Douglas R., Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC)


• RIME 4 [1990]: Frayne, Douglas R., Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC)

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