If a man builds a joyful house : Assyriological studies in honor of Erle Verdun Leichty / edited by Ann K. Guinan ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leichty, Erle, 1933-

Guinan, Ann K.

Series:

Cuneiform monographs ; 31.

Cuneiform monographs, 0929-0052 ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

Sumerian literature--History and criticism.

Sumerian literature.

Iraq--Civilization--To 634.

Iraq.

Iraq--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (557 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume honors Erle Verdun Leichty's substantial and wide-ranging contributions to the study of ancient Mesopotamia. The articles represent the latest thinking of leading scholars in the field of Assyriology/Sumerology. Thirty-eight contributions cover the following subjects: history, divination, magic, religion, ritual, medicine, literature, prosopography, lexicography, art and archaeology, and the history of the field. Some fifty texts are published and discussed for the first time. The volume is a valuable resource for Assyriologists and Sumerologists.

Contents:

""CUNEIFORM STUDIES AT PENN: FROM HILPRECHT TO LEICHTY

- Barry L. Eichler""""WELL, DOG MY CATS! A NOTE ON THE URIDIMMU

- Richard S. Ellis""; ""THE SIZE AND VERSIONS OF INANNA�S DESCENT

- A.J. Ferrara""; ""ON AN IZBU VII COMMENTARY

- I. L. Finkel""; ""BM 129092: A COMMENTARY ON SNAKE OMENS

- Sally M. Freedman""; ""PRACTICE OR PRAXIS

- M.J. Geller""; ""BABYLONIAN TEXTS FROM THE FOLIOS OF SIDNEY SMITH, PART THREE: A COMMENTARY ON A RITUAL OF THE MONTH NISAN

- A.R. George""; ""ANOTHER ANCIENT ANTIQUARY

- William W. Hallo""; ""THE RETURN OF THE GOVERNOR Atsuko Hattori""

""VISUALIZING TEXT: SCHEMATIC PATTERNS IN AKKADIAN POETRY

- Anne Draffkorn Kilmer""""AN “OLD AKKADIAN� SALE DOCUMENT OF UNKNOWN PROVENANCE

- Jacob Klein""; ""ENBILULU AND THE CALENDAR

- W.G. Lambert""; ""A STRAY NUZI TEXT FROM BELGIUM

- M.P. Maidman""; ""HOW TO READ THE LIVER�IN SUMERIAN

- Piotr Michalowski""; ""CUNEIFORM TEXTS IN UTAH COLLECTIONS

- D.I. Owen and E. Wasilewska""; ""THE MESOPOTAMIAN CONCEPTUALIZATION OF BIRTH AND THE DETERMINATION OF DESTINY AT SUNRISE

- J. Polonsky""; ""IF MARS COMES CLOSE TO PEGASUS �

- Erica Reiner""

""TWO NEO-BABYLONIAN TEXTS OF FOREIGN WORKMEN

- Ira Spar, Thomas J. Logan, James P. Allen""""PARYSATIS IN BABYLON

- Matthew W. Stolper""; ""F FOR FAKE? TWO EARLY MESOPOTAMIAN-LOOKING OBJECTS IN A SWISS COLLECTION

- Claudia E. Suter""; ""DIVINATION: THEORY AND USE

- Niek Veldhuis""; ""FOUR BROTHERS AND A THRONE

- M.W. Waters""; ""TIÅ ATAL AND NINEVEH AT THE END OF THE 3RD MILLENNIUM BCE

- Richard L. Zettler""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

"Publications of Erle Verdun Leichty": p. xxiii-xxvii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39675-3

9786611396756

90-474-0823-3

OCLC:

235928373

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047408239 DOI