Education in early 2nd millennium BC Babylonia [electronic resource] : the Sumerian epistolary miscellany / by Alexandra Kleinerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kleinerman, Alexandra.

Series:

Cuneiform monographs ; 42.

Cuneiform monographs, 0929-0052 ; v. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Iraq--Babylonia--History--Sources.

Education.

Sumerian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines a collection of twenty-two literary letters and related compositions – the Sumerian Epistolary Miscellany (SEpM) – studied as part of the Old Babylonian Sumerian scribal curriculum, in an attempt to better understand the education system at this time. The author includes discussion of the nature of the letters as scribal inventions, the pedagogical function of literary letters and compilation tablets, as well as the creation, implementation and consistency of the advanced Sumerian scribal curriculum. The volume also contains critical editions of SEpM as well as ancillary Sumerian letters studied in the Nippur schools, the majority of which were previously unpublished.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Chapter One Introduction

Chapter Two Content

Chapter Three Compilation

Chapter Four Curriculum

Chapter Five Correspondence

Chapter Six Editions

Appendix Textual Matrices

Bibliography

Index of Sumerian Words

Index of Referenced Texts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-27075-7

9786613270757

90-04-21423-2

OCLC:

751963499

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004214231 DOI