Hammu-rapi (2.107D)(186 words)
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Commentary
A limestone slab from Sippar was dedicated in Sumerian to the goddess Ashratum, wife of the god Mardu/Amurrum, for the life of Hammu-rapi.
Ashratum’s name is cognate with Ugaritic ʾAṯirat. Ashratum’s epithet “daughter-in-law of An” follows from the fact that her husband Amurrum was conceived by the ancient Mesopotamians t…