UID:
edocfu_9959230063502883
Format:
1 online resource (437 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-383-04048-6
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0-19-155572-X
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1-282-26855-4
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9786612268557
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1-4237-5712-2
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5,000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. This is a comprehensive collection.
Note:
Formerly CIP.
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Previously issued in print: 2004.
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Contents; List of illustrations; How to use this book; Chronological table; INTRODUCTION; A. HEROES AND KINGS; B. INANA AND DUMUZID; C. ENLIL AND NINLIL; D. THE MOON-GOD NANNA-SUEN; E. THE WARRIOR GODS NERGAL, NUMUŠDA, AND NINURTA; F. LOVE AND SEX; G. THE NATURAL ORDER; H. THE HYMNIC GENRES; I. SCRIBES AND LEARNING; J. THE DECAD, A SCRIBAL CURRICULUM; Other thematic groupings; Index of compositions by ETCSL catalogue number; Glossary of Sumerian names
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-929633-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-926311-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780199263110.001.0001
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