Sumerian texts of varied contents /

Sumerian texts of varied contents /

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Main Author: Chiera, Edward, 1885-1933 (Author)

Corporate Author: University of Pennsylvania. University Museum. Babylonian Section.

Other Authors: Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-1990.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago, Ill. : The University of Chicago Press. [1934]

Series: University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; 16.
University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications. Cuneiform series ; 4.

Subjects:

Proverbs, Sumerian.
Sumerian literature.
Sumerians > Religion.

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Call Number: PJ4054 .N5 C53 1934

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Item Description:"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.
Physical Description:4 pages 1., vii-ix, 7, [1] pages, 109 number 1 ; 31 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography : page ix.