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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi OXFORD CLASSICAL MONOGRAPHS PublishedunderthesupervisionofaCommitteeofthe FacultyofClassicsintheUniversityofOxford OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi The aim of the Oxford Classical Monograph series (which replaces the OxfordClassicalandPhilosophicalMonographs)istopublishbooksbased onthebestthesesonGreekandLatinliterature,ancienthistory,andancient philosophyexaminedbytheFacultyBoardofClassics. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi The Gods Rich in Praise Early Greek and Mesopotamian Religious Poetry CHRISTOPHER METCALF 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries #ChristopherMetcalf2015 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2015 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2014947489 ISBN 978–0–19–872336–3 Printedandboundby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi Acknowledgements The D.Phil. thesis on which the present study is based was written with the support of a Joint Classics Faculty and J. F. Costopoulos Scholarship, held at Balliol College in 2009–12. I am grateful to the Faculty and College for that award and for an additional grant that fundedmystudiesofHittiteatSOAS,UniversityofLondon.Iwould like to thank Daniel Schwemer and Mark Weeden of SOAS for allowing me to attend their lectures. The Classical Association awarded me a bursary to spend two weeks at the Fondation Hardt, Vand(cid:1)uvres, Switzerland, in August 2011. Most of the work for the thesis and its revised version was done in the Sackler Library, Oxford, and I would like to express my gratitude to the institution anditslibrariansforprovidingsuchexcellentresourcesforresearch. Final additions and corrections to the manuscript were made in March2014. I hope that the friends and colleagues who have helped with the thesiswillacceptthesecollectivethanks.Inpreparingthemanuscript forpublicationIhavebeengratefultoreceivefurthercommentsfrom myexaminersChrisPellingandMarkWeeden,myreadersJohannes Haubold and Robert Parker, and Pascal Attinger and Martin West. I am entirely responsible for all aspects of the work, including the mistakesthatitnodoubtcontains. My final words of thanks are to my parents and my brother, for theirsupportineveryway. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi Contents Abbreviations viii Conventions xiii Introduction 1 1. SumerianHymnsoftheOldBabylonianPeriod 15 2. AkkadianHymnsoftheOldBabylonianPeriod 50 3. TheHittiteEvidenceintheLightofOldBabylonian Sources 79 4. IntroductoryRemarksontheEarlyGreek andMesopotamianSources 104 5. HymnicOpenings 130 6. ACaseofNegativePredication 154 7. VariationsontheNamesoftheGoddess 171 8. SumerianandHittiteNotesonIliad1.62–4 191 Conclusion 221 Catalogues 228 A:OldBabylonianSumerianHymns 228 B:OldBabylonianAkkadianHymns 235 C:HittiteHymns 237 D:GreekHymnsandAuthors 238 References 240 GeneralIndex 283 IndexLocorum 285 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,1/4/2015,SPi Abbreviations ABoT K.Balkan(1948).AnkaraArkeolojiMüzesindeBulunan BoğazköyTabletleri.Boğazköy-TafelnimArchäologischen MuseumzuAnkara.Istanbul ABRT J.A.Craig(1895–7).AssyrianandBabylonianReligious Texts.Leipzig ABSA AnnualoftheBritishSchoolatAthens.London aBZL C.Mittermayer(2006).AltbabylonischeZeichenlisteder sumerisch-literarischenTexte.UnterMitarbeitvonPascal Attinger.FribourgandGöttingen AfO ArchivfürOrientforschung.Vienna AHS T.W.Allen,W.R.Halliday,andE.E.Sikes(1936).The HomericHymns.2ndedn.Oxford AHw AkkadischesHandwörterbuch.Wiesbaden AOAT AlterOrientundAltesTestament.Münster ASJ ActaSumerologica.Hiroshima AUWE AusgrabungeninUruk-Warka.Endberichte.Mainz BCH Bulletindecorrespondancehellénique.Paris BE TheBabylonianExpeditionoftheUniversityof Pennsylvania.Philadelphia BL S.Langdon(1913).BabylonianLiturgies.Oxford BLT A.R.George(2009).BabylonianLiteraryTextsinthe SchøyenCollection.Bethesda,MD BPOA Bibliotecadelpróximoorienteantiguo.Madrid BWL W.G.Lambert(1996).BabylonianWisdomLiterature. 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