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Middle Babylonian Literary Texts from the Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection, Jena

AUTHOR Zomer, Elyze
PUBLISHER Harrassowitz (08/12/2019)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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This volume contains editions of literary fragments from the Middle Babylonian period (ca. 1500-1000 BCE) kept in the Hilprecht-Collection in Jena. Presented in full are The Epic of Gulkisar (HS 1885+), a Mythological Narrative on Pa(p)nigara (HS 1886), a Ceremony in the Ekur (HS 1902), and the Games Text (HS 1893), with introductions, transliterations, translations, philological commentaries, hand copies and photographs. All texts are of special interest; The Epic of Gulkisar is a Middle Babylonian copy narrating the heroic deeds of its eponymous Sealand I king against Samsuditana, the last king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, the Mythological Narrative on Pa(p)nigara portrays the otherwise poorly known deity Pa(p)nigara, the Ceremony in the Ekur tells us of an hitherto unknown ceremony carried out at the Ekur temple in Nippur, and the Games Text is unique in the fact that it enumerates a great variety of children's games set in daily life Babylon.
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ISBN-13: 9783447112567
ISBN-10: 3447112565
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 94
Carton Quantity: 1
Product Dimensions: 8.40 x 0.50 x 11.80 inches
Weight: 1.19 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
Literary Criticism | Archaeology
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This volume contains editions of literary fragments from the Middle Babylonian period (ca. 1500-1000 BCE) kept in the Hilprecht-Collection in Jena. Presented in full are The Epic of Gulkisar (HS 1885+), a Mythological Narrative on Pa(p)nigara (HS 1886), a Ceremony in the Ekur (HS 1902), and the Games Text (HS 1893), with introductions, transliterations, translations, philological commentaries, hand copies and photographs. All texts are of special interest; The Epic of Gulkisar is a Middle Babylonian copy narrating the heroic deeds of its eponymous Sealand I king against Samsuditana, the last king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, the Mythological Narrative on Pa(p)nigara portrays the otherwise poorly known deity Pa(p)nigara, the Ceremony in the Ekur tells us of an hitherto unknown ceremony carried out at the Ekur temple in Nippur, and the Games Text is unique in the fact that it enumerates a great variety of children's games set in daily life Babylon.
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