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Religion, literature, and scholarship : the Sumerian composition Nanse and the birds, with a catalogue of Sumerian bird names / Niek Veldhuis.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive 2000-2006 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Veldhuis, Niek.
- Series:
- Cuneiform monographs ; 22.
- Cuneiform monographs, 0929-0052 ; 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sumerian literature--History and criticism.
- Sumerian literature.
- Sumerians--Religion.
- Sumerians.
- Birds--Nomenclature (Popular)--Sumerian.
- Birds.
- Nanše and the birds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (420 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Styx, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanše and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. The discussions of Babylonian religion, literature, and scholarship focus on the usefulness and relevance of these modern concepts for categorizing the ancient text. The volume presents the first critical edition of Nanše and the Birds , as well as editions of the hymn Nanše B and all third millennium and Old Babylonian lexical lists of birds. It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets. The final chapter discusses the identity and orthography of all Sumerian bird names in literary, administrative and lexical texts.
- Contents:
- Preface; I. Introduction; II. Religion; III. Literature; IV. Knowledge and Scholarship; V. Conclusions; VI. Nanše and the Birds: Edition; VII. Edition of Nanše B; VIII. Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian Lists of Fish and Birds; IX. Sumerian Bird Names; Bibliography; List of color illustrations; Plates; Index of SumerianWords
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-330) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-85965-2
- 9786610859658
- 1-4294-2782-5
- 90-474-0577-3
- 1-4337-0741-1
- OCLC:
- 476024463
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047405771 DOI
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