Ancient Mesopotamia : portrait of a dead civilization /
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Language: English
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[1964].
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Phoenix books ;
P317.
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Call Number: DS69.5 .O6 1964
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| 100 | 1 | |a Oppenheim, A. Leo, |d 1904-1974, |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Ancient Mesopotamia : |b portrait of a dead civilization / |c by A. Leo Oppenheim. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Chicago : |b University of Chicago Press, |c [1964]. | |
| 300 | |a ix, 433 pages : |b illustrations, maps (1 folded in pocket), portraits ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Phoenix books ; |v P317. | |
| 504 | |a Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 353-378) "Bibliographical notes": p. 379-387. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a pt. 1. The making of Mesopotamia. The background -- The setting -- The actors -- The world around -- pt. 2. Go to, let us build us a city and a tower. The social texture -- Economic facts -- "The great organizations" -- The city -- Urbanism -- pt. 3. Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur. Historical sources or literature -- An essay on Babylonian history -- An essay on Assyrian history -- pt. 4. Nah ist-und schwer zu fassen der gott. Why a "Mesopotamian religion" should not be written -- The care and feeding of the gods -- Mesopotamian "psychology" -- The arts of the diviner -- pt. 5. Laterculis coctilibus. The meaning of writing -- The scribes -- The creative effort -- Patterns in non-literary texts -- pt. 6. There are many strange wonders, but nothing more wonderful than man. Medicine and physicians -- Mathematics and astronomy -- Craftsmen and artists. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Iraq |x Civilization |y To 634. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Phoenix books ; |v P317. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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