The Sumerians : their history, culture, and character /

The Sumerians : their history, culture, and character /

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Main Author: Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-1990 (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press, c1963.

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Sumerians.

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Call Number: DS72 .K73 1963

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Table of Contents:
  • Archeology and decipherment
  • History : Heroes, kings, and ensi's
  • Society : The Sumerian city
  • Religion : Theology, rite, and myth
  • Literature : The Sumerian belles-lettres
  • Education : The Sumerian school
  • Character : Drives, motives, and values
  • The legacy of Sumer
  • The origin and development of the cuneiform system of writing
  • The Sumerian language
  • Votive inscriptions
  • Sample date-formulas
  • Sumerian king list
  • Letters
  • Ditilla's (court decisions)
  • Lipit-Ishtar law code
  • Farmer's almanac.