Šumma ālu

Šumma ālu ina mēlê šakin is the title for a series of a collected number of texts of ancient Mesopotamia amounting to one hundred and twenty tablets.[1]

The title translates as If a City is Situated on a Height, and lists something over one thousand omens.[1]

Many of the omens listed in this group begin, in wording, with the words Šumma ina āli ma'du (kind of people), which is to say; if there are too many kinds of people, and the omens in this group then proceed at their end with a description of the occurrence of some kind of misfortune or negative occurrence.[2]

Similarities are recognised within the nature of the series and in other types of works that are concerned with hemerology and menology.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Nils P. Heeßel. Šumma ālu. Published Online: 26 OCT 2012 (DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah21308) 1999–2015 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  2. ↑ Jonathan Stökl - Prophecy in the Ancient Near East: A Philological and Sociological Comparison BRILL, 18 Apr 2012, 297 pages, ISBN 9004229922 Volume 56 of Culture and History of the Ancient Near East [Retrieved 2015-06-10]
  3. ↑ Erlend Gehlken (editor) - Weather Omens of En?ma Anu Enlil: Thunderstorms, Wind and Rain (Tablets 44–49) (p.5) BRILL, 3 Aug 2012, 338 pages, ISBN 9004225889 Volume 43 of Cuneiform Monographs [Retrieved 2015-06-10]

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