Terms Flashcards
Bisiten Inscription
the Rosetta Stone of cuneiform
typology
study/interpretation of symbols and numbers
etiology
mythological/story based explanation of phenomena
monotheism
belief in one god
polytheism
belief in multiple gods
genealogy
line of familial descent - fluid in Mesopotamian gods
henotheism
belief in one god above others but still accepting the existence of other gods as representations of the main
syncretism
fusion of distinct separate entities/beliefs into one
lexical texts
texts given in multiple languages side-by-side
didactic
has a moral teaching
Me
divine properties and aural attributes of a god
outer gate of heaven
Anu
Enlil
Ea/Enki
Inner gate of heaven
Sin
Shamash
Adad
Ishtar
Recension
another version of a text
exemplar
manuscript (another copy of the same version of a text)
Free man
middle-upper class, owns property
commoner
not slave, less affluent
slave
temporary status, still has rights
corvee service
citizens made available for public works
lex talionis
law of the claw - Hammurapi’s Code
stele
stone monument upon which Hammurapi’s code was carved
colophon
in manuscripts the note at the end of the page left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar (where/when copy was made, author)
