Ištar and the motif of the cosmological warrior: Assurbanipal’s adaptation of Enuma elish
(2013)
Book Chapter
Crouch, C. (2013). Ištar and the motif of the cosmological warrior: Assurbanipal’s adaptation of Enuma elish. In ‘Thus speaks Ishtar of Arbela’: prophecy in Israel, Assyria and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian period. Eisenbrauns
Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal are well known to scholars of ancient Near Eastern prophecy, thanks to their affinity for prophecy and the prophetic goddess Ištar in particular, which resulted in the preservation of oracular material in a manner not atte... Read More about Ištar and the motif of the cosmological warrior: Assurbanipal’s adaptation of Enuma elish.