The first ninety years: a Sumerian celebration in honor of Miguel Civil

A Middle Babylonian Sumerian Fragment of the Adapa Myth from Nippur and an Overview of the Middle Babylonian Sumerian Literary Corpus at NippurSumerian Temples and Arabian Horses: On Sumerian e2-gal; To Carry Coals to Newcastle or Observations Concerning Sign Formation as an Early Concept in Mesopot...

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Contributors: Feliu, Lluís 1965- (Editor) ; Karahashi, Fumi (Editor) ; Rubio, Gonzalo (Editor) ; Civil, Miguel 1926-2019 (Honoree)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston, UNITED STATES De Gruyter 2017
In: Studies in ancient near Eastern records (volume 12)
Year: 2017
Reviews:[Rezension von: The first ninety years] (2021) (Foster, Benjamin R., 1945 -)
Series/Journal:Studies in ancient near Eastern records volume 12
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sumerian language / Sumerians / Sumer
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Electronic books History
B Civil, Miguel 1926-2019
B Sumerians History
B Sumerians Antiquities
B Sumerians
B Sumerians ; Antiquities
B HISTORY ; Civilization
B Festschrift
B Electronic books
B History
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Summary:A Middle Babylonian Sumerian Fragment of the Adapa Myth from Nippur and an Overview of the Middle Babylonian Sumerian Literary Corpus at NippurSumerian Temples and Arabian Horses: On Sumerian e2-gal; To Carry Coals to Newcastle or Observations Concerning Sign Formation as an Early Concept in Mesopotamian "Commentaries"; Cuneiform Tablets and Other Inscribed Objects from Collections in Jerusalem; On Images, Visibility, and Agency of Early Mesopotamian Royal Women; Words and Grammar: Two Old Babylonian Lists
Preface; Bibliography of Miguel Civil5 (1991-2016); Tabula Gratulatoria; "As I write this letter to you": An Attempt at the Letter from Nanna-manšum to Rīm-Sîn?; À tâtons dans le noir : À la recherche du sens de ḫabātum; "Enlil and Namzitara" Reconsidered; 'Let me be your canal': some thoughts on agricultural landscape and female bodies in Sumero-Akkadian sources; The Eridu Project (AMEr) and a Singular Brick-Inscription of Amar- Suena from Abū Šahrain; The Silences of the Scribes, Pt. II: An Unfinished Enlil Lament from Nippur; A New Seal of the Scribe Ur-Nanše from Girsu
Texts and WorkersEmesal studies today: a preliminary assessment; Royal Nurses and Midwives in Presargonic Lagaš Texts; The Hymn to the Ekur: Its Literary Structure and Cultic Background; Game of Thrones: the Years when Šu-Sin Succeeded Amar-Suen in the Kingdom of Ur; Literary Journeys from Babylonia to Assyria: Second Millennium Copies of a Bilingual Poem Concerning Ninurta; New Data on Garšana and the Border Zone between Umma and Girsu/Lagaš; A New Silver Balanced Merchant Account from Umma
The Seven Attendants of Hendursaĝa: A study of animal symbolism in Mesopotamian culturesThe Abacus in Mesopotamia: Considerations from a Comparative Perspective; Index of texts and compositions discussed; Index of words and terms discussed; Index of personal names discussed
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-478) and indexes. - Print version record
ISBN:1501503693