Sumerian Literary and Historical Inscriptions - Couverture rigide

Hallo, William W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300230761 ISBN 13 : 9780300230765

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Seventy-two cuneiform Sumerian literary texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection are featured in this volume of the Yale Oriental Series

The long-awaited twenty-second volume in the Yale Oriental Series provides reproductions of over one-hundred plates drawn from the Yale Babylonian Collection, one of the world's largest repositories of cuneiform inscriptions. An essential resource for Assyriologists, Sumerologists, and scholars of the ancient Near East, it features an introduction by William W. Hallo and seventy-two Sumerian literary texts and inscriptions that include hymns, prayers, incantations, model legal documents, and royal correspondence, shedding light on Mesopotamian culture as transmitted through ancient Sumerian documentation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

William W. Hallo was William M. Laffan Professor Emeritus of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature at Yale University for forty years and curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection. He authored and coauthored numerous books and articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300230761
• ISBN 13: 9780300230765
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Éditeur: Cohen Mark E., Kasten Ulla
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne