Education in early 2nd millennium BC Babylonia : the Sumerian epistolary miscellany /
This book examines a collection of twenty-two literary letters and related compositions - the Sumerian Epistolary Miscellany (SEpM) - studied as part of the Old Babylonian Sumerian scribal curriculum, in an attempt to better understand the education system at this time. The author includes discussio...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
Series:
Cuneiform Monographs
42.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223226.
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Call Number: LA41 .K57 2011
| Summary: | This book examines a collection of twenty-two literary letters and related compositions - the Sumerian Epistolary Miscellany (SEpM) - studied as part of the Old Babylonian Sumerian scribal curriculum, in an attempt to better understand the education system at this time. The author includes discussion of the nature of the letters as scribal inventions, the pedagogical function of literary letters and compilation tablets, as well as the creation, implementation and consistency of the advanced Sumerian scribal curriculum. The volume also contains critical editions of SEpM as well as ancillary Sumerian letters studied in the Nippur schools, the majority of which were previously unpublished. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 365 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004214231 |
| ISSN: | 0929-0052 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |