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The world's oldest literature : studies in Sumerian belles-lettres /
To propagate the invention of writing, the Sumerians established scribal schools which preserved and transmitted the accumulated wisdom of the past, usually in poetic form. The literature thus created has been studied by the author for half a century. This title assembles his conclusions that are im...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Series: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
v. 35. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Programmatics
- pt. 2. Catalogues and other scholia
- pt. 3. Royal and divine hymns
- pt. 4. Letter-prayers
- pt. 5. Royal correspondence
- pt. 6. Historiography
- pt. 7. Myths and epics
- pt. 8. Proverbs
- pt. 9. Incantations
- pt. 10. Sumerian literature and the Bible.