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Mesopotamian
- The Curse of Agade, the Ekur Avenged (414)
o Naram-Sin punished by destroying this temple, he destroys the
Ekur (Enlils temple)
Maybe its repression, he spent 7 years not doing anything about
the horrible
vision
o Inanna abandons the city
o Cities are punished for transgression; Naram-Sin offended the
gods and the punishment
comes and its a just punishment
Moral story
o Hits it at a basic economic level that anyone could
understand
o Etiology disappearance of a God, very economic terms with
depleting jewels
o citizens are all happy (line 28)
old men were endowed with eloquence (line 30)
Fulfilling a social role by witnessing cases
young men fight
basic map of how things work in the beginning (elucidates peace
and prosperity)
economy is booming
boats (74)
o really sudden turn around (cause)
(54) but then
the word of Ekur was upon it like a deathly silence (57)
Naram-Sin forgot to rebuild Ekur; kings are supposed to
refurbish the holy
temple
Enki took away Agade wits water leaves so this city is in bad
shape
Leaves the city rather exposed and incomplete
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then.. Naram Sin in a vision He kept it to himself, put it not
in speech,
spoke with nobody about it, Because of the Ekur, he dressed in
sackcloth
(85)
He had a nightbare; he is penitent. Its an oracle, a message in
a dream
and its bad
Treated the Ekur like 30 sheckles (104), wrecks it like a
boat
at the gate of no grain cutting, he cut the grain (121)
He does something hes not suppose to do purposefully
o Bad stuff
The prices went up to a ridiculously high level
Lots of economic hardship
pathos Enlil has to build his own shrine with reed (192)
the Gods wish the city bad stuff may your grain returnetc
(230)
o the style:
economical
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Egyptian
The Asiatic Campaign of Thut Mose III
extend his belief in absolute rule in foreign territory
records every year of his successful campaign
the city was besieged, the troops were distracted and it took
longer than expected
economic motive (pg 233)
anything that argues against the king is heretical
If Thut Most III were destroyed, it would be covered with
bluff.
- Thereupon the majesty gave them slack, the goods were not
important enough to take their
army would be unnecessary weakened. The majestys body could not
be touched for he is the
supreme God. By retreating, he was able to salvage what had
remained from the battle.
Although this was not a loss, it was a reminder to the majesty
to pay tribute to the Gods so that
his later journeys would be successful.
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