From the Workshop of the Mesopotamian Scribe: Literary and Scholarly Texts from

Description: From the Workshop of the Mesopotamian Scribe by Jacob Klein, Yitschak Sefati English translations covering a variety of cuneiform tablets from the Old Babylonian period, belonging to the collection of the late Shlomo Moussaieff. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume presents first editions of a variety of cuneiform tablets from the Old Babylonian period belonging to the collection of the late Shlomo Moussaieff. It makes available for the first time three texts representing varying levels of Mesopotamian scribal education. The first is what the authors argue is the most complete copy of the first fifty lines of the standard version of the Sumerian epic Gilgameš and the Bull of Heaven. The second is a hitherto unpublished bilingual (Sumerian-Akkadian) lexical list of unknown provenance, similar to the Proto-Aa syllabary. Each of the 314 entries preserved on this tablet provides a pronunciation gloss, a Sumerian logogram, and an Akkadian translation. A unique feature of this list is that the signs are arranged on the basis of graphic concatenation: each sign contains one of the graphic components of the preceding sign. It also yields a great number of hitherto unknown, synonymous Akkadian translations to the Sumerian logograms. The final chapter contains an edition of two groups of lenticular school tablets, containing thirty-three elementary-level scribal exercises.With this volume, Jacob Klein and Yitschak Sefati preserve and disseminate important artifacts that advance the study of Sumerian literature, Mesopotamian lexicography, and ancient Near Eastern scribal education. Author Biography Jacob Klein is Professor Emeritus of Assyiology and Biblical Studies at Bar-Ilan University, a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and one of the founders of the Israel Society for Assyriology and Near Eastern Studies. He is the coauthor of In Those Distant Days: Anthology of Mesopotamian Literature.Yitschak Sefati is Senior Research Fellow at the Samuel Noah Kramer Institute of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan Univesity. He is the author of Love Songs in Sumerian Literature. Table of Contents PrefaceGeneral IntroductionI. Gilgameš and the Bull of HeavenIntroductionOutline of the Plot Political-Historical Background Description of the Moussaieff Tablet (ShM) Composite Text and Translation Commentary Score The Mussaieff Tablet Transliteration .Copy Photographs Word Index II. An Old Babylonian Bilingual Lexical Text Introduction Transliteration and Translation Commentary Sequence of Basic Sign Forms Comparative Synopsis of KA, IGI, and KU in the Syllabaries ShM, Proto-Ea, and EaComparative Synopsis of Syllabaries —Number of Lexical EntriesSyllabary Sumerian-Akkadian Word Index Akkadian-Sumerian Word Index Photographs III. Lenticular School Tablets Introduction Collection A (nos. 1–10) Collection B (nos. 46–69) Word Index Bibliography and Abbreviations General Index Review "Editing the texts in this volume is a tremendous accomplishment. One can only imagine all the effort and scholarship that went into this publication, which hopefully will reach a broader audience than Sumerologists alone."—John Hayes Review of Biblical Literature Long Description English translations covering a variety of cuneiform tablets from the Old Babylonian period, belonging to the collection of the late Shlomo Moussaieff. Review Quote "Editing the texts in this volume is a tremendous accomplishment. One can only imagine all the effort and scholarship that went into this publication, which hopefully will reach a broader audience than Sumerologists alone." --John Hayes, Review of Biblical Literature Details ISBN1575067315 Author Yitschak Sefati Pages 264 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1575067315 ISBN-13 9781575067315 Format Hardcover Imprint Eisenbrauns Subtitle Literary and Scholarly Texts from the Old Babylonian Period Place of Publication Indiana Country of Publication United States DEWEY 899.95 Publication Date 2020-03-02 Short Title From the Workshop of the Mesopotamian Scribe Language English UK Release Date 2020-03-02 NZ Release Date 2020-03-02 US Release Date 2020-03-02 Illustrations 46 Halftones, black and white Audience Professional & Vocational Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press AU Release Date 2020-03-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161795959;

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