2004, ISBN: 9789004139503

Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto. xxxviii, 649 pp. + 79 plates portraying b/w facsimile photographs of original… Meer...

Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto. xxxviii, 649 pp. + 79 plates portraying b/w facsimile photographs of original ancient Cuneiform tablets at rear of book. Illustrated throughout with 23 figures and charts of technical data. Blue cloth with ornamental gold lettering on front cover and spine protected by original decorative dj. Book and dj are in near fine condition. Series Editors: Thomas A. Holland and Thomas G. Urban. Series Editors' Acknowledgments: "The assistance of Kathrine Strange Burke, Lindsay DeCarolo, Katie Johnson, Munira Khayyat, Adam Miglio, and Leslie Schramer is acknowledged in the production of this volume., Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003, 3, Leiden: Brill, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. xii, 405, (1)pp. Indices and 23 page bibliography. White dust jacket lettered in red & black, over decorated blue cloth lettered in silver. Illustrated with 29 colored bird paintings, and 37 archaeological plates (photos and drawings of cuneiform tablets and inscriptions). A fine, as new copy. This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nan¨e and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. The discussions of Babylonian religion, literature, and scholarship focus on the usefulness and relevance of these modern concepts for categorizing the ancient text. The volume presents the first critical edition of Nan¨e and the Birds, as well as editions of the hymn Nan¨e B and all third millennium and Old Babylonian lexical lists of birds. It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets. The final chapter discusses the identity and orthography of all Sumerian bird names in literary, administrative and lexical texts. (Publisher) Contents: Of Nanse and the Birds -- Sumerian and Cuneiform -- Sumerian Literature -- On the Text and Translation of Nanse and the Birds -- Religion -- Approaches to Mesopotamian Religion -- Nanse -- Nanse in Nigin -- Nanse as a Marsh Goddess: Birds and Fish -- Nanse as Dream Interpreter -- Nanse's Roles and Identities -- Anzud -- Anzud as a Symbol of Power and Aggression -- Anzud as Enemy of Ningirsu/Ninurta -- Anzud as Helper -- Anzud as Fate Determiner -- Conclusion: Anzud's Role in Nanse and the Birds -- Literature -- Approaches to Sumerian Literature -- Sumerian Literature: A Social-Functional Definition -- Poetic Language -- Layout and Line Division -- Parallelism and Repetition -- Imagery -- Literary Vocabulary -- General Structure -- Poetic Language in Nanse and the Birds -- Institutional Context: the School -- The Institution: Private or Official? -- The Scribal Curriculum and Nanse and The Birds -- Educational Practice -- Institutional Context: Conclusion -- History and the Creation of a Sumerian Heritage -- Hymns, Narratives, and Paradigmatic Texts -- History and Fiction: The Traditional Character -- Traditional Characters -- Fiction and History -- Nanse and the Birds as History -- History and Sumerian Identity -- The Sumerian King List and the Idea of History -- Local versus National Literature -- Knowledge and Scholarship -- The Nature of Knowledge -- Lists of Birds in Old Babylonian Nippur -- The Curricular List: Ur[subscript 5]-ra in Nippur -- Extra-Curricular List: The Early Dynastic List of Birds in Nippur -- Extra-Curricular Lexical Lists -- ED Birds in Old Babylonian Nippur -- Uses of Curricular and Extra-Curricular Lists in Nippur -- Correlations Between Bird Lists and Literary Vocabulary -- Birds in Proverbs -- Birds in the Literary Tradition -- Correlations: Conclusion -- Bird Lists and Nanse and the Birds -- The Comparative Nature of Studying an Ancient Culture -- The Nature of Nanse and the Birds -- Nanse and the Birds: Edition -- Structure -- Composite Text and Translation -- Score Edition -- Revision History -- Tablet Typology -- Catalogue of Sources -- Score Edition -- Textual Commentary -- Edition of Nanse B -- History of Research -- The Tablet -- Edition -- Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian Lists of Fish and Birds -- Early Dynastic Bird and Fish Lists -- ED Fish: an Old Babylonian Copy from Nippur -- ED Birds -- Lists from Nippur -- Curricular List of Fish and Birds from Nippur -- List of Sources -- Score Transliteration -- Non-Curricular Lists from Nippur -- CBS 3842 (+) N 3755 (+) UM 29-16-225 -- CBS 4608 + -- List of Fish and Birds from Ur -- List of Fish and Birds from Uruk -- Lists of Birds from Saduppum -- Lists of Fish and Birds from Ishchali -- List of Fish and Birds from Kis -- List of Fish and Birds from Sippar(?) -- Lists of Fish and Birds from Unknown Places -- Sumerian Bird Names -- The Lexicography of Sumerian Bird Names -- How the Catalogue Works -- Sumerian Bird Names. (OCLC) Volume 22 from the Brill series "Cuneiform Monographs.", Brill, 2004, 5<

2004, ISBN: 9004139508

[EAN: 9789004139503], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Brill], Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materi… Meer...

[EAN: 9789004139503], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Brill], Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting., Books<

2004, ISBN: 9789004139503

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