Letter of God

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Letters of God have been documented in ancient oriental literature since ancient Babylonian times.

In the Neo-Assyrian period, some Assyrian kings wrote letters to the god Aššur , in which they described their deeds. The most famous is the letter of God Sargon from 714 about his 8th campaign and the sacking of Musaṣir . Leo Oppenheim assumes that such a letter from God was read publicly ( ālu u nišēšu ) during the celebrations at the end of the annual campaign in Aššur .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arthur Falkenstein, A Sumerian "Divine Letter". Journal for Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology 44 / 1-2, 1938, 1–25
  2. ^ A. Leo Oppenheim, The City of Assur in 714 BC Journal of Near Eastern Studies 19, 1960, 133-147