Assyrian Prophecies (State Archives of Assyria)

Name: Assyrian Prophecies (State Archives of Assyria)
Brand: Helsinki. Helsinki University Press 1997.
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By Simo Parpola

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Parpola, Simo: Assyrian Prophecies. Helsinki. Helsinki University Press 1997. Gr-8vo. 84 S. Illustrierter OKt. Einband leicht berieben, sonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar. = State Archives of Assyria. Volume IX. Published by the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project of the University of Helsinki in cooperation with Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft. The central symbol of the cult was the cosmic tree connecting heaven and earth, which contained the secret key to the psychic structure of the perfect man and thus to eternal life. Other important symbols were the seven-staged ziggurat; the rainbow; the full, waning and waxing moon; the eight-pointed star; the calf-suckling cow and the child-suckling mother; the horned wild cow; the stag; the lion; the prostitute; the pomegranate; and so on. ( From the Introduction, page xv, by Simo Parpola).

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Paperback

Publication Date:

1997

Publisher:

Helsinki. Helsinki University Press 1997.

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Published: English

ISBN10:

951570166X

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