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Published 2011
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 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of SEpM as well as ancillary Sumerian letters studied in the Nippur schools, the majority of which were previously unpublished.
: 1 online resource (xxv, 365 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004214231 : 0929-0052 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2010
Opening the tablet box : Near Eastern studies in honor of Benjamin R. Foster /

: This volume is a scholarly tribute to Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University, from some of his students, colleagues, and companions, in appreciation of his outstanding achievements and in thanks for his friendship. Reflecting on the remarkable breadth of the honoree's research interests, the twenty-six original papers in this Festschrift cover a wide range of topics in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian literature, economic and social history, as well as art and archaeology.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004186569 : 1566-2055 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.