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Reading Sumerian Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Jeremy A. Black
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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An authority on ancient Mesopotamian culture, Jeremy Black here provides an introduction to the world's oldest poetry. Sumer, in southern Iraq, was the first li
Reading Sumerian Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 218
Authors: Jeremy Black
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-12-01 - Publisher: A&C Black

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An analysis of the oldest form of poetry. Sumer, in the southern part of Iraq, created the first literary culture in history, as early as 2500BC. The account is
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Language: en
Pages: 444
Authors: Jeremy A. Black
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5,000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, p
Reading Sumerian Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 512
Authors: Jeremy Black
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Athlone Press

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Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Enheduanna
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Around 2,300 BC Enheduanna was high priestess to the moon god Nanna at his temple in Ur, a position she held for almost forty years. This volume translates Enhe