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Author(s): Henry Frederick Lutz
ISBN(s): 9781512817737
Edition: Reprint 2016
File Details: PDF, 17.37 MB
Year: 2017
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 151281296X 
ISBN 13: 9781512817737
Author: Henry Frederick Lutz

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press’s distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Introduction

  1. Overview of Sumerian and Babylonian Civilizations

  2. Writing Systems and Language

  3. Historical Context of the Texts

Part II: Sumerian Texts
4. Creation Myths
4.1 The Eridu Genesis
4.2 The Enuma Elish (Early Versions)

  1. Hymns and Prayers
    5.1 Hymn to Inanna
    5.2 Prayer of the Sumerian King

  2. Legal Texts and Administrative Records
    6.1 Code of Ur-Nammu
    6.2 Economic Transactions

  3. Literature and Epic Poetry
    7.1 The Epic of Gilgamesh (Early Fragments)
    7.2 Laments and Elegies

Part III: Babylonian Texts
8. Babylonian Creation and Flood Myths
8.1 Enuma Elish (Babylonian Version)
8.2 The Epic of Atrahasis

  1. Legal and Administrative Texts
    9.1 The Code of Hammurabi
    9.2 Contracts and Letters

  2. Scientific and Mathematical Texts
    10.1 Astronomical Tablets
    10.2 Mathematical Problems

  3. Wisdom Literature
    11.1 The Dialogue of Pessimism
    11.2 Proverbs and Instructions

Part IV: Translations and Commentary
12. Translation Notes
13. Textual Variants and Manuscript Sources
14. Glossary of Key Terms
15. Bibliography and Further Reading

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