Kabti-ilāni-Marduk

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Kabti-ilāni-Marduk , son of Dabibu ( m Kab-ti-ilāni meš-d marduk, IDDIM.il d MAŠ, more correct probably Kabta-ilī-Marduk) was a Babylonian scribe, the author of the Erra poem (Plate V, 42). Together with Saggil-kînam-ubbib , Šubši-mašrâ-Šakkan and Sîn-leqe-unnīnī , the author of the Gilgameš epic , he is one of the few authors of Sumerian and Babylonian epics who have survived by name . He presumably lived at the time of Hammurabi of Babylon. The epic was revealed to him in a dream that night. After he got up in the morning, he wrote it down, "not leaving or adding a line," as he claims (Erra V, 42ff.). Either Išum , the messenger of Era , or Erra himself come into question as the sender of the dream . Kabti-ilāni-Marduk calls himself kaṣīr-kammi-šú , which means "knotter" of the tablets.

The name of Kabti-ilāni-Marduk is listed in the Seleucid author catalog W20030 as ummânu , "master", who is said to have lived at the time of the Ur-III temporal king Ibbi-Sin . It could also be added to the catalog of authors of an unknown period from the library of Aššurbanipal (III, 1–2).

literature

  • DO Edzard: Lemma Kabta-ilī-Marduk. In: Erich Ebeling, Bruno Meissner (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1980, p. 284
  • Benjamin R. Foster: Self-Reference of an Akkadian Poet. In: Journal of the American Oriental Society. Volume 103/1 (Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East by Members of the American Oriental Society dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer ), 1983, pp. 123-130.
  • CF Jean: Le Milieu biblique avant Jesus-Christ. Paris 1923–1936, Volume II, p. 2.

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  1. ↑ a b D. O. Edzard: Lemma Kabta-ilī-Marduk. In: Erich Ebeling, Bruno Meissner (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1980, p. 284
  2. ^ WG Lambert: Ancestors, Authors and Canonicity. In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Volume 11/1, 1957, p. 1
  3. ^ Benjamin R. Foster: Self-Reference of an Akkadian Poet. In: Journal American Oriental Society. Volume 103/1 (Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East by Members of the American Oriental Society, dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer) 1983, p. 124
  4. ^ Nels M. Bailkey: A Babylonian Philosopher of History. In: Osiris. Volume 9, 1950, p. 110
  5. ^ WG Lambert: A Catalog of Texts and Authors. In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Volume 16/3, 1962, p. 70
personal data
SURNAME Kabti-ilāni-Marduk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kabta-ilī-Marduk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Babylonian scribe
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 18th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 18th century BC Chr.