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"Ludul Bel Nemeqi" - I will praise the Lord of Wisdom ~ Akkadian

"Ludul Bel Nemeqi" - I will praise the Lord of Wisdom ~ Akkadian
Who can know the will of the gods in heaven?
Who can understand the plans of the underworld gods?
Where have humans learned the way of god?
He who was alive yesterday is dead today.
One moment he is worried, the next he is boisterous.
One moment he is singing a joyful song.
A moment later he wails like a funeral mourner.
Their condition changes like opening and closing the legs.
When starving they become like corpses.
When full they oppose their god.
In good times they speak of scaling heavens.
When they are troubles they talk of descent to hell.
I am perplexed at these things: I cannot tell what they mean.

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 Dinesh
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Akkadian denotes the East Semitic languages. It includes the Old Akkadian as well as the Babylonian and Assyrian dialects. These dialects are Old-, Middle-, Neo- and Late-Babylonian on the one hand as well as Old-, Middle- and Neo-Assyrian on the other. Akkadian, which was written in cuneiform script, is recorded from the 3rd millennium BCE to the 1st century CE. During the 2nd millennium BCE Akkadian became the language of communication in the entire Near East. It has a wide variety of texts: letters, legal and administrative documents, myths, prayers, incantations, hymns and songs, lexical and encyclopedic lists, etc. The course “Akkadian for beginners” is based on the “classical” phase of Akkadian, namely the Old-Babylonian texts from the reign of Hammurabi.

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 William Sutherland
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Phenomenal shot and fascinating text! Stay well!

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