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he Misconstrued Role o the Assinnu in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy*

Iloa Zolay

Introduction

M w w (v ), ( ), ,, , . , v v w w

v . T (bārû)w “” ,w w w v . P, , v q ; , /, w v v v v.1 U v q , v

.2

* I w J Sö v P A C P G, v 2010 SBL. A v , w j

v I .1. S M N, “P O Dv: w S S

C,” Dvato ad Iterpretato of Sg the Acet World (. A A;OIS 6; C: Uv C P, 2010), 341–51; J Sö, Proph-ecy the Acet Near Eat: A Phlologcal ad Socologcal Comparo (CHANE 56;L: B, 2012).

2. N v N E- . F J B, A Htory of

-81-



82 PROPHES MALE AND FEMALE

R O B M Z-L (. 1775–1761 b.c.e.) “w”

(āplm [.]/āpltm [.]) “” (mh h û [.]/mh h ūtm [.]) , w N-A (mah h û) , , “” (raggm [.]/raggt [.]).3 A - , z; , w , , M ( H)

“” .4 Av, v D, w v z (mmah h ma), -w (awīltm), w v D, .5

I M, v f - A (.., A A A K), D (..,D D q), I (Bē-), I-M, M,

Prophecy Irael (v. .; Lv: W J K, 1996), v- ; N E A. K G W G. L, “A P,” JCS 18 (1964): 7–30; M J E,“Ov M O P : L H- C,” JCS 41 (1989): 127–86; M N, ., Prophecy It Acet Near Eater Cotext: Meopotama, Bblcal, ad Araba Perpectve (SBLSS 13; A: S B L, 2000); M Kö

M N, ., Prophete Mar, Ayre d Irael (FRLAN 201; Gö-: V & R, 2003); N E , S P, Ayra Prophece (SAA 9; H-: H Uv P, 1997); M N, Prophet ad Prophecy the

Acet Near Eat (SBLWAW 12; A: S B L, 2003); ,Referece to Prophecy Neo- Ayra Sorce (SAAS 7; H: H Uv P, 1998).

3. F v v , HB. Hf, “A C P: M, A, I,” N, Prophecy Cotext, 47–70.

4. C. Sö, Prophecy Acet Near Eat . Sö ( O B āplm/āpltm N-Araggm/raggt), w “” w .

5. ARM 26 214 ARM 26 210.



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N, Š, Aī, I/I.O M , v

N E, N-A w I w .6 D O B, aū w Aī M, . B I the N-A, aū v , “” w - .7

M v I-Aī w - v w w , , v . T I v w v w , , v . O w w - v w I . A -

I M w v , aū, w, v v v .

F ,, , v a’ “ ,

6. O w v - q . A -v v M w ( 15–20 v). T O B A Y -L ( -), Z-L, Š-A’ Y -A(. 1792–1775 b.c.e.). A O B w -v E . A v , - ( w “” v w “ ”), w v Nv ( M). T Nv v E (680–669 b.c.e.) A (668–631 b.c.e.), v A.

7. Aū v v N-A.




”;8 aū v ;9 , w krgarrû plpl, q w Hj,

I ;10 /, S P , a, I , “ , , w : (w) (),” “” I.11 A aū , O B , w aū v . S v, w

A M, aū w , / w, I.12

8. R A. Hw, Female ad Male: Te Cltc Peroel: Te Bble ad theRet of the Acet Near Eat (PMS 31; A P, P.: Pw, 1994). Hwv,Hw I’ - (284–311).

9. S B G, “D - I/I: H-?” WO 17 (1986): 25–46; , “Nû I: D v I,” NABU 2 (1997): 64–66; B Bö, “Ü z K Gö I,” Nme 51 (2004): 20–46; S M. M,“Krgarrû a S G,” Ae-eter d Radgrppe: Beträge z eer Sozalgechchte de Alte Oret (. V- H; X 32; Kz: Uväv, 1992), 159–71.

10. Gw L, Sex ad Erotcm Meopotama Lteratre (Nw Y:R, 1994), 159. I Homoerotcm the Bblcal World: A Htorcal Perpectve

(M: F, 1998), M N, v,, aū ( krgarrû) w w’ .H w I’ , I, , , w v . H vw aū ( krgarrû) (31–36).

11. P, Ayra Prophece, v v. S - H , P I w “ v v ” (v). H S , w v j , w w v w. U D I , v , , v I.

12. A w ( I ), J




Deinition

A , qv- A a .. 2.. - , .. “” “ ”;13 AF “ M” ( ),14 w WG. L j “ w .”15 T w v , v qv 2. “,” “-,” “w-,” “ ” .16 T

qv, w N-A , a w .17 D v q M , CAD a “

A, “B G K B? T M P I, H C H C,” empelprottto m Altertm: Fakte d Fktoe (. j S.

S; O 6; B: A, 2009), 23–54.13. . = “”; .. = “”; , = “,” “,” “.”

( 2), “v” v E .

14. A F, “Smerche relgöe exte,” ZA 52 (1957): 56–75. I “AH I H S-P,” JCS 40 (1988): 165–86, Å W. Sjö - w a “ -.” (177). T w j S N. K (vw AF, Smerche d akkadche Hyme d Gebete, BOr 11 [1954]: 170–76,

. 175 . 32), w .. .15. W G. L, “P,” H, Aeeter d Radgrppe,127–57.

16. 2 = v “” “;” = “,” “,” “,” “- v,” .; sal, , = “” “”; , , = “w,” “.” I v 2. “v w.” (T “ v” 2. , - 2 [sal.kur].)

17. E.., M, “Krgarrû a,” w - I w ww v; G F-Fü,Der Mytho “Iaa d Ek” ter beoderer Berückchtgg der Lte der ME (SP 10; R: B I P, 1973), w, v a v , .. (248).




I,” “T [a] v I, v

v . T v w ; E I .”18

A , , , v q S w A .19 F-, w , v w

. T, v qv, /. T . C , v v S w v B w.20 Aū w (āplm/āpltm, mh h û/mh h ūtm), (lallarû), -z (zabbû). T w ,

, (kalamāh

), (mambû), v .21

18. CAD A/2:341–42 .v. a.19. F v v J

, “B L W S,” Te Babyloa World (. Gw-

L; Nw Y: R, 2007), 432–46; N V, “Hw D T LC? ‘/W L C’ E E,” Approache to Sme-ra Lteratre Hoor of Stp (H. L. J. Vatphot) (. P Mw N V; CM 35; L: B, 2006), 181–200; , “C C M L ,” Apect of Gere ad ype Pre-ModerLterary Cltre (. B R H L. J. V; COMERS C- 1; G: S, 1999), 101–18; M Cv, “A Meopotama L,” CANE 4:181–200.

20. V, “C C,” 111–12 §7.1. I v - S qv, qv-, S w w v q v.

21. E.., E III 172f 2. (v. .) = a-- (v. -[-])w mh h û, zabbû, krgarrû; M I 134f. g-bab-tm = e-tm, a--a-tm(!).




Attestations in Early Literary exts

O a S N L ( -H). I , G (w- b.c.e.) “2-4-, nita.ud w[-] w ; w w’ [L’] [-] w [---] ww .”22 I w 2-4- nita.ud ; w-v, w vé ,

v w w w v . w (v ), ,w w, (?) .. . P , U-N , U-N (.2113–2096) M “I [.., S’] w (--) .” T aū w w v

.23 T q a (..) -

z D w Ew G. I S - , Ew G v w (Ew G). I , G v:

S, I ; I v . I L. I w [a]— w w L. I A . I . AI v w w [--], w w w , w (?)—I v … . (ECSL 5.3.2:71–82)

L , z , G :“I q I. I G, I w[--]—I v .”24

22. RIME 3 1.1.7.SB: v 1–6.23. U-N C 84 (CL 15 12) E Fü-Hw, Uramma of Ur

Smera Lterary radto (OBO 166; Gö: V & R, 1999).24. ECSL 5.3.2:140.




S D w Ew G, O B- v S Ur-Amrab, a v

w v v, . I , I (I) .25 A , (--) ( a v).26 Ur- Amrab krgarrû () kalû (), w w w aū , , . T - a, I w w, patr

(2) pattar (--), krgarrû, () kalû. T v S I E . A j E , v , I : “I v v -- (krgarrû) 2 ( patr) -- ( pattar); I v v (kalû) b ll .”27 F, “ -” I-D A, N’ ( ww, , q w I’ V)28 -

w O B I-D (. 1974–1954b.c.e.), aū krgarrû w v v-. S , , w w, w . M krg (), a w . A v , v ; v, krgarrû, krg,

25. I D w Ew G, G Ew (G) I (ECSL 5.3.2:144).

26. VA 1339 = VAS 2 29 ( , v , VA 1339 3---/z--): 10: []--- ---2--- --- --2-DU, “ w , ”; 13: [-]-- ---2--- - [ES 2] --- --2-DU, “ w , --.”

27. ECSL 1.3.2:171–175.28. W H, “C N E V D,” Syro-Meopo-

tama Stde 4 (1982): 59–72.




pattar (--) , , patr (2).29 H w w w .30

T patr (2) S E D O B A OA N-B , w pattar (--) S O B , A O A O B- . B v, 2 w, A,31 -- v ,

w h tpalû.I w, patr v

’ . O , U III w v “ [2] S,”32 S G B Hv, G (2) w v .33 I A patr w j (.., patr A I). I v w, w w

, q w N, I, N.I G C B, G N w, w-, 2 ( patr).34 I Agm I E , patr v ’ w . I Agm,N , “I w w ‘’ [A-: v ], w [S. 2-; A. patr],35 v

29. T w . I w, --.30. D R, “I-D’ S M H,” JCS 25 (1973):

185–202. S W H. P. Rö, Smerche ‘Köghyme’ der I-Zet (DMOA 13; L: B, 1965), 128–208. T I-šagrra, w a krgarrû ; , a () N.

31. S CAD P:280 9´.32. E.., D U-N (ECSL 2.4.1.1:39) Š P (ECSL

2.4.2.16).33. R v. . 94; A Cv F N. H. A-Rw, “G

C (--) ( H IV),” RA 87 (1993): 97–129.34. ECSL 2.1.7:1132.35. S. 2-, “ 2.”




[S. 2; A. patr]”;36 , I E , I (2), E ,

.37 T S- - 3-4-. A w I E , , “M [I], , - [2] ,[ ] w v .”38 F, w ,N, w v I’, . I - E, v: “ N w [2-2]”;39

, N-B , N “ww [āš patr], w w .”40

T D w Ew G, I E , w Ur- Amrab I-D A, f -. I D Ur-Amrab, a v , w S w. I I E Ur-Amrab, krgarrû wv w w: patr pattar, w kalû v

. F, I-D A, v w, krgarrû patr pattar. T - kalû w ; . U v kalû, krgarrû, a, .S krgarrû kalû, ; wv, patr w w w v. I v

j v . I , D w Ew G a, U III , w krgarrû kalû. H

36. A III 32 = 140; J S. C, Te Retr of Nrta to Nppr : A-gm dím-ma (AO 52; R: P B I, 1978).

37. ECSL 1.3.2:139–141.38. L 64; Å W. Sjö, “- à-4-: A H G

I -P E ,” ZA 65 (1975): 161–253.39. SAA 2 6: 455; S Parpola Kz W, Neo-Ayra reate

ad Loyalty Oath (SAA 2; H: H Uv P, 1988), 48.40. F. M. T. L Böhl , “H N, G Uw,” BOr 6

(1949): 165–70: 10.




. S, krgarrû kalû w a I E krg I-D

A. I Ur-Amrab , .

A krgarrû I-D A. T S v v krgarrû (w w 3 ). A , v v, .41 A -z ,

S D I.42 I ,I v w, w w E. P , . I’ vz N v E v . T - krgarrû (--) “” kalû (--) v -v krgarrû -v w kalû. T I vv . T

, v w, krgarrû kalû E’ z w . A w , kalû D I ;43 wv, w f krgarrû. A krgarrû kalû v w -. I, w , w w w w.

I S I E, w I , krgarrû a .44 I , N :

41. S R, “I-D’ S M H,” 196 74.42. W R. S, “I’ D N W” (P.D. ., J

H Uv, 1974).43. S U G, Te Erema Prayer of the Frt Mllem BCE (H-

E-S 2; W: Hwz, ).44. T -z , - , ,

- , (?).




Y v w , v w …, v w …, v w w

w [3-3], v w w [3-3], v w -- (kr-

garrû). Y v w 2 ( patr) -- ( pattar), v w .. (a), v w , v w , v w … -, v w … -. (ECSL 1.3.1: I, 16–21, 22–27)

I I E, patr pattar w a,

krgarrû. T krgarrû w w w, w w w w E D I. T v v aū, krgarrû, kalû.

I U III , aū - w v, (3-3), “H H” “G H” ( v “Ev-R H”). S

w Š j N U ( 150 ) - . H , “ ---10-(aī ) w ,” vv- v - w.45 W v , w v v. B Š’ w , v , v -

:

I -, , w adab, w tg malgatm, šr-gda -, w šmša, kĝar balbale, w

g-gd zamzam— v v ’ . L v E-! L E S Nw M! (ECSL 2.4.2.05:53–62)

45. ECSL 2.4.2.01:77.




W , (.., f) v “- w” E N.46 U,

vv aū - v. I w , aū w? T - v w , wv, w Š’ f.

I D Bw Ew G, v , G Ew w, a, w w, (---).47 I S , , I’ , q

, E L A, w I w (.., w). T A mēllt, “ .” T v I O B Agšaya.48 I , E w ( gūšt), w v w .49

A v w, I w. O , ,

M A E -N, w I, “ah lap!”50 T w I, w, N-A v Š III. I v- , I “Sv B C, w ” (bēlet qabl tāh āz ša mēlltašatqmt). I v , krgarrû aū v - w. A N-A aū

v “B I M G, W I M G”(mēllī qabl mē[llī ] tāh āz), w a “ w ” w ( gūšt).51 I krgarrû

46. ECSL 2.4.05:61–62.47. ECSL 5.3.2:82.48. B G, Lob der Ištar: Gebet d Rtal a de altbabyloche

Vegött aatt Ištar (CM 8; G: S, 1997), 73–93.49. I., Agšaya, . v 16.50. C. 40–53; P M, “T E -N I: A S

M A L” (P.D. ., Y Uv, 1978).51. BM 41005 v. . 16–17: ù me-l-l qabl me-[l-l] tāh āz (mè) qabb

(dug4-ga)-ma úa(ur.sal) aa qab-l r-rad g-š-tm -za-x [.…] “‘B , w ,’ / w A- w w




“B I M G” (mēllī qabl), aū w w ( yarrrt).52 T aū

mlh mallh ū, q w f “ v” , , “ .”53

Attestations in the Mari Prophecy Corpus

R w M, w v- aū I w v w. A

, I w v - ; w - . S , wv, w a. S Aī, . Aī S Nāā-Sî (. 2260–2223 b.c.e.). I , Aī I, I-Aī.54 I -

I W S v vaām, “”; Aī “ (-) B/S.”55 I Nāā-Sî , Aī q I, W S , “ I,”

, w . . j [.…]” (W G. L, “T P Lv L,”

Uty ad Dverty: Eay the Htory, Lteratre, ad Relgo of the Acet Near Eat [. H G J. J. M R; JHNES 7; B: J HUv P, 1975], 98–135).

52. Hw, Female ad Male, 285 3.2.5. T v I a-a-r-ra-te A = A j I W ( taūqāte) (C 24 41:84).

53. CAD M/1:152–53 .v. malāh . T v v q.54. K Gö, “B z Gö Aī,” UF 5 (1973):

141–63.55. G J. Sz, “Fv Dv L: F I(), I, I()(),

Aī, A, O ‘Q Hv,’” N 1 (2000):29–62. C. I J. G, “T N G I,” JNES 19 (1960): 72–79; W G. L, “A B P A,” DUMU-E2-DUB-BA-

A: Stde Hoor of Åke W. Sjöberg (. H B, D L, M . R; O P S N K F 11; P-: Uv M, 1989), 321–36.




j w v w.56 B - S ,

bēlet Akkade, “ Sv A,” bēlet tāh āz,“ Sv W.”

I , v Aī M v w . w , ARM 26 212 213, aū (I- z Šē) w . I , ARM 26 214, v v .57 U, v I- z -

v j a v , w v H, M’ v, B.T Šē :

mma Aītmma Zmrī-Lm a bārtm lattakūka pagarka r wardē <l>bbīka ša taramm tâtīk[a] šk šzūtmal rūk[a] aa ramāīka[ma] lā tattaa[lla]k awīlū šala[ttakūk]a aa qātīka a[wīlī ] šūt mal [lam]

T Aī: Z-L, w v!P ! L v v w v

, ! D w! A w w [ ]: [] I [v ] . (ARM 26 213:7–14)58

A w v v :

56. RIME 2 1.4 1 4.6.57. I ARM 26 212, Š, w Z-L, , ttātm ašq aštalm[a], “I

v .” T a I- z v . I ARM 26 213 a Šē (mmah h ). N- a. Š v w ARM 26 207. I ARM 26 214 v (mmah h ma), ARM 26 222(mmah êm). W a, v , - w z . I v .

58. S N, Prophet ad Prophecy , 47.




mmām Zmrī-Lm šmma atta mšâta aāk elīka ah abb akrīka aa qātīka malla awīlī šarrāqīya a abbatma aa karāš

Bēlet-ekallm akammūt

Z-L: Ev , I w - . Y I w v .T I w , I w Bē-. (ARM 26 214:7–18)59

Aī’

, v w , w . I w v .

A M (.., , w ), “ ” v I B A N-A .60 w

. I K, w H, S- (. 1749–1712 b.c.e.), Zā I, H I (qārdūtm a Igg), - E:

l -úr-š a-aw-r-m at-ta--ma t-ta-k- da-m-q-tml-b-š-šm-ma a-a-b-š a-e-ra za-e-r-š a-a qá-t-š m-l-l-a-ma

B [S-’] . M w : () v . (RIME4 3.7.7:36–42)

I , Zā I S-:

59. I., 48.60. S I Z, “T F I A R I:

A C A A A I I I Š III” (P.D. ., B Uv, 2009).




m--ka -l-la-ak za--r-ka -a-ar a-a-b-ka a-a qá-t-ka-ma-al-la

W w , , () . (RIME 4 3.7.7:71–75)

T S- w -. T w S-, M

w M .A Y-L (.

1781–1765 b.c.e.), Nw S A ( A). T - :

Adad (iškur) -a kakkī (GIŠtukul) ša qa-t-š l-h -b-- h é-pát eš 4-tar 2 škrrūš (GIŠsukur-š) l-š-b-r eš 4-tar 2 a-a

qa-t m-ka-aš-š-d-š l-ma-al-l-š

M A w w w ; H () E ; v . (RIME 4 34.1.1:16–18)

eš 4-tar 2 a (saĝ.ur.saĝ) pa-ra-ú-ra-am -a b-r-k-š l-te-eb-b

E () a v .(RIME 4 34.1.1:19–20)61

A , I v v . A, w v

61. . F v I Z,“‘G W, P K’: A A I’ M R M- S A R I,” Lagage the Acet Near Eat (v. 1 Proceedg of the 53e Recotre Ayrologe Iteratoale; . LK, N. Kv, S. Lv, S. ; O C 30/1; B B 4/1; W L, I.: E, 2010), 389–402.




w , w . I w saĝ.ur.saĝ. U,

w . I , , jv “” (. H epat Eštar ). I saĝ.ur.saĝ (=a) w I (.., I, a) v a w saĝ.ur.saĝ , “L/F W” (.., I, L/FW).62

Conclusion

A w aū, w v , - w w v I, aū w w. O , , aū krgarrû f M- , O B , w f- . T a v -

w w U III . D , v “RFv,” w O B v v I. I I, , , w w : w-wkrgarrû - kalû. A w , , .

R I, f ( ) , M- v (v ) v- . A v, w w , , ww w . I , w -

62. I bēlet tāh āz qabl, “Sv C B,” v C H B v M A -N I (.1245–1208); , v kdrr B- M- (. 1186–1172).




vv w w- . I , v w

, w, M. F, , v v I, f f v . C .

W , w w a I v , vv v v q . M

v - O B , N-A , , w w - w . R I v ,aū, , v ’ v . TS aū w

. T v a I w ; wv, . R, w .

S ( v ), w / ;, w , , , , . T aū

I, I w, Aī. T , wv, .

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