Kesh Temple Hymn
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Kesh Temple Hymn is one of the oldest known literary and religious texts from ancient Mesopotamia, praising the temple and city of Kesh in Sumer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kesh Temple Hymn canonical | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sumerian literary text
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Sumerian temple hymn ⓘ ancient Mesopotamian religious text ⓘ cuneiform text ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lipit-Eshtar Hymn to Kesh ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
circa 2600–2500 BCE
ⓘ
late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Ninhursag ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Kesh
ⓘ
temple of Ninhursag at Kesh ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Mesopotamian literature
ⓘ
Sumerian hymns ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | presents the temple as a divinely chosen place ⓘ |
| culture |
Sumer
ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian civilization
|
| currentLocationOfTablets | various museum collections ⓘ |
| genre |
hymn
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ |
| influence | later Mesopotamian temple hymns ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
enumeration of temple features
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repetition ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| medium | clay tablets ⓘ |
| period |
Early Dynastic period
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surface form:
Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia
|
| placeOfOrigin |
Sumer
ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| praises |
city of Kesh
ⓘ
Ninhursag ⓘ
surface form:
goddess Ninhursag
temple of Kesh ⓘ |
| preservation | known from clay tablet copies ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Temple hymns of Enheduanna
ⓘ
surface form:
Temple Hymns of Enheduanna
|
| religion | Sumerian religion ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
affirmation of divine favor for Kesh
ⓘ
praise of a specific cult center ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right horizontal lines ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for Sumerian temple ideology
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one of the earliest known religious hymns ⓘ one of the oldest known literary texts in the world ⓘ |
| structure | series of praise sections describing the temple and city ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Ancient Near Eastern studies
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Assyriology ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ |
| subject |
Ninhursag
ⓘ
city of Kesh ⓘ temple of Kesh ⓘ |
| theme |
divine selection of a sanctuary
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exaltation of a specific temple ⓘ holiness of sacred space ⓘ |
| title | Kesh Temple Hymn self-link ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.