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The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Edited by The late Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Eleanor Robson, and Gábor Zólyomi
320 pages
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30 b&w line drawings
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216x138mm
978-0-19-926311-0
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Hardback
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25 November 2004
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- A varied and fascinating anthology of the world's oldest literature
- Presents the literary heritage of ancient Iraq
- Includes an extensive and stimulating Introduction
This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different types of composition written in the language, from narrative myths and lyrical hymns to proverbs and love poetry. The translations have benefited both from the work of many scholars and from our ever-increasing understanding of Sumerian. In addition to reflecting the advances made by modern scholarship, the translations are written in clear, accessible English. An extensive introduction discusses the literary qualities of the works, the people who created and copied them in ancient Iraq, and how the study of Sumerian
literature has evolved over the last 150 years.Readership: Scholars and students of Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern culture, classics, the Old Testament, comparative literature, comparative religion, cultural anthropology.
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Edited by The late Jeremy Black, formerly University Lecturer in Akkadian and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, Graham Cunningham, Researcher at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, Eleanor Robson, University Lecturer in History of Science, University of Cambridge and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Gábor Zólyomi, Head of the Department of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
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"This anthology successfully provides a taste of Sumerian literature on a scale never previously attempted. As an academic resource it opens up a previously impenetrable field and will be used in a wide range of university courses. It deserves a wider readership too." - Andrew George, THES "This excellent little book thoroughly deserves to find the wide readership it courts, and also to endure as a standard tool for university teaching and research. It is required reading for all who are interested in ancient intellectual cultures, in the study of the oldest literary forms, and in the field of comparative literature." - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society "The selections are carefully introduced,
given in annotated fresh renderings, and are accompanied by a helpful glossary and bibliographies" - International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol. 52 "The treatment of themes and the individual texts...will open up a new horizon to the interested reader, and offer new prospects to the fortuitous reader." - Dina Katz, Bibliotheca Orientalis LXIII, No. 5-6
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Introduction
A. Heroes and kings
B. Inan and Dumuzid
C. Enlil and Ninlil
D. The moon god Nanna-Suen
E. The warrior gods Nergal, Numusda, and Ninurta
F. Love and sex
G. The natural order
H. The hymnic genres
I. Scribes and learning
J. The Decad, a scribal curriculum
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