Sumerian texts of varied contents /
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"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. :
4 pages 1., vii-ix, 7, [1] pages, 109 number 1 ; 31 cm. :
Bibliography : page ix.
Studies in literature from the ancient Near East : dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer /
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"Published earlier without indices as Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 103, number 1"--T.p. verso. :
369 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. :
"Bibliography of the writings of Samuel Noah Kramer, an updating" : pages 352-353.
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
094049065X