Toward the image of Tammuz and other essays on Mesopotamian history and culture. / Thorkild Jacobsen. Edited by William L. Moran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobsen, Thorkild, 1904-1993.

Contributor:

Moran, William L., editor.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Harvard Semitic studies ; v. 21.

Harvard Semitic series ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian.

Iraq--Civilization--To 634.

Iraq.

Civilization.

Tammuz (Deity).

Local Subjects:

Tammuz (Deity).

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 507 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps. ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1970.

Contents:

Formative tendencies in Sumerian religion

Mesopotamian Gods and Pantheons

Ancient Mesopotamian Religion: The central concerns

The Investiture and anointing of Adapa in heaven

The myth of Inanna and Bilulu

Toward the image of Tammuz

Sumerian mythology: a review article

Early political development in Mesopotamia

Primitive democracy in ancient Mesopotamia

The reign of Ibbī-Suen

The assumed conflict between the Sumerians and Semites in early Mesopotamian history

The ancient Mesopotamian trial for homicide

On the textile industry at Ur under Ibbī-Sîn

The waters of Ur

About the Sumerian verb

Ittallak niāti

The Akkadian Ablative Accusative.

Notes:

"The essays in this volume attempt to be representative of all aspects of Jacobsen's work, but they stress his studies in history and religion, many of which are not easily accessible. It is in these studies that he has made his most important contribution to our knowledge of Mesopotamian culture and the origins of our Western civilization."--Foreword.

Contains seven poems translated by Jacobsen.

"Bibliography of Jacobsen's Writings" (pages 471-474) and "Lexical Index to Jacobsen's Writings" (pages 475-487).

"Lexical Index" prepared by Sandra P. Walker: 8 p. tipped in at end.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acc.# 8352, 9651

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1977".

Potok Collection copy has sticker of Ludwig Mayer Ltd., Jerusalem".

ISBN:

0674898109

OCLC:

107416