Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1150
Release: 1868
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN:

Book Auction Records

Book Auction Records
Author: Frand Karslake
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1168
Release: 1968
Genre: Book auctions
ISBN:

A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.

Urnamma of Ur in Sumerian Literary Tradition

Urnamma of Ur in Sumerian Literary Tradition
Author: Esther Flückiger-Hawker
Publisher: Saint-Paul
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9783525533420

This book presents new standard editions of all the hitherto known hymns of Urnamma, the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur (fl. 2100 B.C.), and adds new perspectives to the composition and development of the genre of Sumerian royal hymns in general. The first chapter is introductory in nature. The second chapter presents a general survey of Urnamma's hymnic corpus. The third chapter deals with correlations of Urnamma's hymns with other textual sources pertaining to him. A fourth chapter is devoted to aspects of continuity and change in royal hymnography by analysing the Urnamma hymns in relation to other royal hymns and related genres. Chapter 5 presents editions of Urnamma hymns,