The lamentation over the destruction of Ur /
The goal of this book is to present a revised edition of the Sumerian Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, a lament bewailing the fall of the glorious Ur III kingdom in 2004 B.C.E.Lamentation is a well-known genre in world literature. Laments of various types are part of the cultural legacy and l...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Sumerian |
Publicado: |
Winona Lake, Indiana :
Eisenbrauns,
2014.
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Colección: | Mesopotamian civilizations ;
18. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1.1.�Sumerian Laments over Cities and Temples""; ""1.2.�Sumerian City Laments""; ""1.2.1.�Dating and Historical Background""; ""1.2.2.�The Cultic Setting of the City Laments""; ""1.2.3.�The City Laments as a Genre""; ""1.3.�The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur""; ""1.3.1.�Content""; ""1.3.2.�Structure, Style, and Meaning""; ""Revised Edition of the Ur Lament""; ""2.1.�Previous Editions and Translations""; ""2.2.�The Present Edition""; ""2.3.�List of Manuscripts""
- ""2.3.1.�Indexes of Previous Works""""2.4.�Descriptions of Manuscripts""; ""2.4.1.�Manuscripts from Nippur""; ""2.4.2.�Manuscripts from Ur""; ""2.4.3.�Manuscripts from Kiš""; ""2.4.4.�A Manuscript from Sippar""; ""2.4.5.�Manuscripts of Unknown Provenance""; ""Transliteration and Translation""; ""Commentary""; ""Score""; ""Bibliography""; ""Plates""