Sumerian Literary Texts in the Schoyen Collection - Volume 1: Literary Sources on Old Babylonian Religion

A collection of seventeen previously unpublished Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, dating to ca. 2000 BC and containing works of Sumerian religious poetry.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.

About the author

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.

Summary

A collection of seventeen previously unpublished Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, dating to ca. 2000 BC and containing works of Sumerian religious poetry.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.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Metcalf, Metcalf Christopher
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781575067308
• ISBN: 978-1-57506-730-8
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: CUSAS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, History of Religion, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Babylonia, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Sumerian