简介:Throughoutmythicalandhistoricaltimes,Africa,orLibyaastheGreekssaid,provedtobeatrustycompanionoftheancientMediterraneanworld.WhenOdysseusroundedthePeloponnese,hefirstcameupontheNorthAfricancoast;afterstealingtheGoldenFleece,JasonandhismenaresaidtohavecrossedtheoceanandthenthecontinentwiththeArgoontheirshoulders.1Pirates,mercenariesandmerchantshadpliedtheroutetoEgyptfromtimeimmemorial;seafarersfromthelateArchaicepochonwardsreachedAfrica’swesterncoaststhroughtheStraitofGibraltarandtheEastcoastfromtheRedSea;inthefollowingcenturies,contactswereestablishedasfarinlandasNubiaandthekingdomofMeroe.
简介:ThetabletunderdiscussionwasdiscoveredatUrandwaspublishedinUET6/ⅡasNo.398.ThetabletconsistsofafragmentofthemiddleportionofalateBabyloniantext,andpreservestheendportionofamythinwhichtheprincipleactorsarethegodsMardukandUras,andtoalesserextent,thegodEnlil.Thetextisinpoeticformwiththelinesfallingintocouplets,inwhichthesecondlineofeachcoupletusuallyformsaparallel,orasupplementtothefirstone.Thetext,hasbeenbrieflyoutlinedbyC.J.GaddinUET6/Ⅱ,buthasnotbeenotherwisepublishedtotheauthor'sknowledge,exceptforbriefcomments.