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Writings from the Ancient World
Theodore J. Lewis, General Editor
Associate Editors
Billie Jean Collins
Jerrold S. Cooper
Edward L. Greenstein
Jo Ann Hackett
Richard Jasnow
Ronald J. Leprohon
C. L. Seow
Niek Veldhuis
Number 12
Prophets and Prophecy of the Ancient Near East
by Martti Nissinen
Edited by Peter Machinist
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PROPHETS AND PROPHECY
IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
by
Martti Nissinen
with contributions by
C. L. Seow
and
Robert K. Ritner
Edited by
Peter Machinist
Society of Biblical Literature
Atlanta
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Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East
Copyright © 2003
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nissinen, Martti.
Prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East / by Martti Nissinen with contributions
by C. L. Seow and Robert K. Ritner ; edited by Peter Machinist.
p. cm. — (Writings from the ancient world ; no. 12)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-58983-027-X (paper binding : alk. paper)
1. Prophets—Middle East—History. 2. Prophecy—History. 3. Middle East—Literatures.
I. Ritner, Robert Kriech, 1953– II. Seow, C. L. (Choon Leong) III. Machinist, Peter. IV. Title.
V. Series: Writings from the ancient world ; no. 12.
BF1762 .N58 2003b
133.3'0939'4—dc21
2003007002
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Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
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Contents
Series Editor’s Foreword ................................................................................xi
Abbreviations................................................................................................xiii
Explanation of Signs ....................................................................................xv
Chronological Tables ..................................................................................xvi
Maps..............................................................................................................xix
Acknowledgments........................................................................................xxi
Introduction ..........................................................................................1
Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy ..............................................................1
The Study of Prophecy in Transition ......................................................2
The Nature of the Sources ......................................................................4
The Prophets ............................................................................................5
Texts Included and Excluded..................................................................8
Conventions of Transcription and Translation ....................................10
Translations
I. Mari Letters ..............................................................................13
1. Nur-Sîn to Zimri-Lim (A. 1121+)..............................................17
2. Nur-Sîn to Zimri-Lim (A. 1968)................................................21
3. La < ûm to Yasma Δ -Addu (A. 3760) ..........................................23
4. An åpilum of ⁄ ama ¡ to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 194) ..................24
5. Addu-Duri to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 195) ..................................26
6. ⁄ ama ¡ -na ß ir to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 196) ................................26
7. Inib- ¡ ina to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 197) ......................................28
8. NN to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 198) ..............................................29
9. Sammetar to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 199) ....................................30
10. Ahum to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 200) ..........................................33
11. Ba Δ di-Lim to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 201)....................................34
12. Kanisan to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 202)........................................34
13. NN to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 203) ..............................................35
14. Inib- ¡ ina to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 204) ......................................36
15. NN to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 205) ..............................................37
16. [Yaqqim-Addu?] to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 206) ..........................38
17. ⁄ ibtu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 207) ............................................39
18. ⁄ ibtu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 208) ............................................42
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Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East
19. Mukanni ¡ um to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 209) ..............................44
20. Kibri-Dagan to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 210) ................................45
21. ⁄ ibtu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 211) ............................................45
22. ⁄ ibtu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 212) ............................................46
23. ⁄ ibtu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 213) ............................................47
24. ⁄ ibtu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 214) ............................................48
25. Lanasûm to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 215) ......................................49
26. Tebi-geri ¡ u to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 216) ..................................50
27. Itur-Asdu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 217) ....................................51
28. NN to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 218) ..............................................52
29. NN to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 219) ..............................................53
30. Kibri-Dagan to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 220) ................................54
31. Kibri-Dagan to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 221) ................................55
32. Kibri-Dagan to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 221bis) ............................56
33. U ¡ are ¡ -hetil to Dari ¡ -libur (ARM 26 222) ................................57
34. La < ûm (?) to Yasma Δ -Addu (?) (ARM 26 223) ........................58
35. Addu-duri to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 227)....................................59
36. Report of Ayala (ARM 26 229) ................................................60
37. Zunana to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 232) ........................................61
38. Itur-Asdu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 233) ....................................62
39. Kibri-Dagan to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 234) ................................65
40. Kibri-Dagan to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 235) ................................66
41. ⁄ ibtu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 236) ............................................66
42. Addu-duri to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 237)....................................67
43. Addu-duri to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 238)....................................69
44. ⁄ imatum to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 239) ......................................70
45. Timlû to Addu-duri (ARM 26 240) ..........................................71
46. NN to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 243) ..............................................72
47. Yarim-Addu to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 371) ................................73
48. Yasim-El to Zimri-Lim (ARM 26 414) ......................................74
49. Zakira- Ô ammû to Zimri-Lim (ARM 27 32)..............................76
50. Manatan to Zimri-Lim (M. 9451)..............................................77
II. Other Documents from Mari ..................................................79
51. Ritual of I ¡ tar, Text 2 (A. 3165) ..............................................80
52. Ritual of I ¡ tar, Text 3 (A. 1249+) ............................................82
53. Assignment of a Donkey (A. 3796) ........................................83
54. Outlay of Garment (ARM 9 22) ..............................................84
55. Outlay of Garment (ARM 21 333) ..........................................84
56. Outlay of Garment (ARM 22 167) ..........................................86
57. Extract from a Decree of Expenditures (A. 4676) ................86
58. Outlay of Garment (ARM 22 326) ..........................................87
59. Outlay of Garment (ARM 23 446) ..........................................87
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