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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chiera, Edward, 1885-1933.
Contributor:
Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-1990.
University of Pennsylvania. University Museum. Babylonian Section.
Series:
University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; vol. XVI.
[Chicago. University. Oriental Institute] Cuneiform series-- ; vol. IV
The University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; vol. XVI
Language:
English
Sumerian
Subjects (All):
Sumerian literature.
Sumerians--Religion.
Sumerians.
Proverbs, Sumerian.
Hymns, Sumerian.
Physical Description:
4 preliminary leaves, vii-ix, 7 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 109 leaves ; 31 cm.
4to.
Place of Publication:
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [1934]
Notes:
"This volume ... consists of facsimiles of tablets from the Nippur collection of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Samuel N. Kramer ... has ... grouped the plates in their present arrangement and contributed the introductory descriptions of the texts."--Editorial note.
The texts include Sumerian proverbs, incantations, lamentations, hymns, and liturgies together with a few apparently legendary and historical texts.
"List of abbreviations": page ix.
Other Format:
Online version: Chiera, Edward, 1885-1933. Sumerian texts of varied contents.
OCLC:
1224001

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