The Literature of Ancient Sumer

The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Author: Jeremy A. Black
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2004
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780199296330

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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, proverbs and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. This is a comprehensive collection.


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
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Jeremy Black
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-25 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different types of comp
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Jeremy Black
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-25 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, pr
The Sumerians
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Samuel Noah Kramer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-17 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the f
Wisdom of Ancient Sumer
Language: en
Pages: 512
Authors: Bendt Alster
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Eisenbrauns

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Discussion of the nature of Sumerian wisdom literature and complete editions of many Sumerian wisdom texts, including the Instructions of Shuruppak, Instruction