| Sumerian Literary and Historical Inscriptions: Volume 22 Contributor(s): Hallo, William W. (Author), Vedeler, Harold Torger (Other), Cohen, Mark E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300230761 ISBN-13: 9780300230765 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $147.51 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Middle East - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 499.95 |
| LCCN: 2017940022 |
| Series: Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.3" W x 11.4" (1.40 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seventy-two cuneiform Sumerian literary texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection are featured in this volume of the Yale Oriental Series The long-awaited twenty-second volume in the Yale Oriental Series provides reproductions of over one-hundred plates drawn from the Yale Babylonian Collection, one of the world's largest repositories of cuneiform inscriptions. An essential resource for Assyriologists, Sumerologists, and scholars of the ancient Near East, it features an introduction by William W. Hallo and seventy-two Sumerian literary texts and inscriptions that include hymns, prayers, incantations, model legal documents, and royal correspondence, shedding light on Mesopotamian culture as transmitted through ancient Sumerian documentation. |