The Curse of Agade
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The Curse of Agade is an ancient Sumerian literary text that narrates the divine punishment and catastrophic downfall of the Akkadian city of Agade as a reflection on royal hubris and divine wrath.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sumerian literary text
ⓘ
didactic text ⓘ lament ⓘ |
| approximateDate | early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Agade
NERFINISHED
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Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent |
destruction of Agade
ⓘ
offense of Naram-Sin against Enlil ⓘ withdrawal of divine favor from Agade ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Mesopotamian royal ideology ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Naram-Sin of Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
An
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Enki NERFINISHED ⓘ Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ Inanna NERFINISHED ⓘ Ishkur NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanna NERFINISHED ⓘ Nergal NERFINISHED ⓘ Ninurta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
didactic warning to rulers
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theological reflection on divine justice ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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lament ⓘ royal narrative ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetic narrative ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Sumerian literature ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | Sumerian ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
consequences of impiety
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limits of royal power ⓘ necessity of obedience to the gods ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Akkadian city of Agade ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Mesopotamia
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Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationState | fragmentary ⓘ |
| preservedOn | clay tablets ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur
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ⓘ
Sumerian city laments ⓘ |
| scholarlyField | Assyriology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Akkadian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInReignOf | Naram-Sin of Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Ancient Near Eastern literature ⓘ |
| subject |
destruction of a city
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divine punishment ⓘ divine wrath ⓘ downfall of Agade ⓘ relationship between kingship and gods ⓘ royal hubris ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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