Samuel Noah Kramer
Samuel Noah Kramer (September 28, 1897 – November 26, 1990) was one of the world's leading Assyriologists, an expert in Sumerian history and Sumerian language. After high school, he attended Temple University, before Dropsie University and the University of Pennsylvania, all in Philadelphia.Among scholars, his work is considered transformative for the field of Sumerian history. His popular book ''History Begins at Sumer'' made Sumerian literature accessible to the general public. Provided by Wikipedia
Sumerian texts of varied contents /
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"This volume ... consists of facsimiles of tablets from the Nippur collection of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Samuel N. Kramer ... has ... grouped the portraits in their present arrangement and contributed the introductory descriptions of the texts."--Editorial note.
The texts include Sumerian proverbs, incantations, lamentations, hymns, and liturgies together with a few apparently legendary and historical texts. :
4 pages 1., vii-ix, 7, [1] pages, 109 number 1 ; 31 cm. :
Bibliography : page ix.
Studies in literature from the ancient Near East : dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer /
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"Published earlier without indices as Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 103, number 1"--T.p. verso. :
369 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. :
"Bibliography of the writings of Samuel Noah Kramer, an updating" : pages 352-353.
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
094049065X
Sumerian epics and myths /
: Reproductions of tables from Nippur belonging to the Babylonian Section of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. S.N. Kramer has grouped the portraits in their present arrangement and has contributed the introductory descriptions of the text. Cf. Foreword. : xi, 7, [1] pages, 26, 26a, 27-111 number l. ; 31 cm. : Bibliography : page xi.