Sumerian Literary Texts in the Schoyen Collection by Christopher Metcalf

Sumerian Literary Texts in the Schoyen Collection by Christopher Metcalf

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Sumerian Literary Texts in the Schoyen Collection by Christopher Metcalf

A collection of seventeen previously unpublished Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, dating to ca. 2000 BC and containing works of Sumerian religious poetry. Includes a general introduction, transliterations, translations, commentaries, hand-copies and photographs of all texts.

Christopher Metcalf is Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Classical Languages and Literature and Associate Researcher in the Center for Ancient Languages at Queen’s College, Oxford. He is the author of The Gods Rich in Praise: Early Greek and Mesopotamian Religious Poetry.

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ISBN 13 9781575067308
ISBN 10 1575067307
Title Sumerian Literary Texts in the Schoyen Collection
Author Christopher Metcalf
Series Cusas
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published 2019-07-01
Number of pages 168
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