Sumerian Proverbs
Author: Edmund I. Gordon
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2017-01-30
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13: 151281637X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →University Museum Monograph, 19
Author: Edmund I. Gordon
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2017-01-30
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13: 151281637X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →University Museum Monograph, 19
Author: Bendt Alster
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discussion of the nature of Sumerian wisdom literature and complete editions of many Sumerian wisdom texts, including the Instructions of Shuruppak, Instructions of Ur-Ninurta, Counsels of Wisdom, Sumerian fables, Nothing Is of Value, Ballade of Early Rulers, and more. This unusual book describes the Sumerian literature and many of their proverbs featured in speeches of wise men of that time.
Author: Jeremy A. Black
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780199296330
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-09-17
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0226452328
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. "There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."—American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."—Library Journal
Author: Clyde E. Fant
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2008-10-15
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 0802828817
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Lost Treasures of the Bible contains photographs and detailed descriptions of more than one hundred biblically significant archaeological objects housed in over twenty-five museums worldwide. Clyde Fant and Mitchell Reddish's selection of artifacts - many of them relatively unknown - illuminates the history, culture, and practices of the biblical world as a whole. Each entry also explains that particular object's relevance for understanding the Bible and locates the artifact not only at its museum site but also by its specific identification number, which is particularly valuable for smaller and lesser-known objects - true "lost treasures.""--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Charles Halton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 110705205X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.