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Title
If a pig carries a reed and enters a man’s house…
Subtitle (en)
Observations on some structuring devices in Babylonian omen lists
Language
English
Description (en)
The paper studies a sequence of eleven interrelated omens dealing with the ominous behaviour of pigs from Šumma izbu Tablet 22. My aim is to demonstrate how the authors of the omen sequence creatively operate with similarity and contrast between contiguous or near contiguous textual elements both on the horizontal, syntagmatic, and on the vertical, paradigmatic axis.
Description (en)
This paper was originally published as a showcase of the project REPAC, Repetition, Parallelism and Creativity: an Inquiry into the Construction of Meaning in Ancient Mesopotamian Literature and Erudition, funded by the European Research Council, work package 4 (divinatory texts) on the homepage of the project: https://repac.at/repacshowcase-nicladezorzi-ifapigcarriesareed/
Keywords (en)
omen lists, micro-structure, repetition, symmetry, binary opposition, similarity, analogy
DOI
10.25365/phaidra.230
HTTP/WWW
https://repac.at/repacshowcase-nicladezorzi-ifapigcarriesareed/
Author of the digital object
Nicla  De Zorzi  (University of Vienna)
01.10.2020
Format
application/pdf
Size
5.0 MB
Licence Selected
CC BY 4.0 International
ÖFOS 2012
Ancient Oriental studies
Type of publication
other
Date of approbation period
01.10.2020 12:00:00
Organization Association
Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies > Department of Near Eastern Studies
Study
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