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Enmerkar, ancient Sumerian hero and king of Uruk (Erech), a city-state in southern Mesopotamia, who is thought to have lived at the end of the 4th or beginning of the 3rd millennium bc. Along with Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh, Enmerkar is one of the three most significant figures in the surviving Sumerian epics.
In Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, Enmerkar, king of Uruk, wants to embellish his city with precious metals and stones, goods that are only found in the wealthy city of Aratta, which lies behind the mountains.
Jul 3, 2014 · Enmerkar is the priest-king (en) of Uruk, and as such, the ritual husband of the Great Goddess Inanna, upon whose favor the city´s prosperity depends. But the city of Aratta, in the snow-capped mountains that border Mesopotamia is also under the protection of the Goddess, and ruled by an en devoted to Her as well.
Enmerkar therefore requested his sister, the goddess Inanna, to aid him in acquiring material and manpower from Aratta; she agreed and advised him to send a threatening message to the lord of Aratta. The lord of Aratta, however, demanded that Enmerkar first deliver large amounts of grain to him.
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From Sunlight to Shadow and Back Again: Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta and the Function of Analogical Reasoning in Mesopotamian Rhetoric. Shawn Ramsey. 2021, Rhetoric Society Quarterly. See Full PDF. Download PDF. 2021 •. Shawn Ramsey. Hany Rashwan. 2020 •. Daniel K Christensen. 2016 •. Hany Rashwan. Charles Halton. 2022 •. Marília P .
