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Samet Nili |
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Titolo |
The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur / Nili Samet |
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Winona Lake, Ind. : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Collana |
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Mesopotamian Civilizations ; ; 18 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sumerian language |
Elegiac poetry, Sumerian |
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Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1.1.�Sumerian Laments over Cities and Temples""; ""1.2.�Sumerian City Laments""; ""1.2.1.�Dating and Historical Background""; ""1.2.2.�The Cultic Setting of the City Laments""; ""1.2.3.�The City Laments as a Genre""; ""1.3.�The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur""; ""1.3.1.�Content""; ""1.3.2.�Structure, Style, and Meaning""; ""Revised Edition of the Ur Lament""; ""2.1.�Previous Editions and Translations""; ""2.2.�The Present Edition""; ""2.3.�List of Manuscripts"" |
""2.3.1.�Indexes of Previous Works""""2.4.�Descriptions of Manuscripts""; ""2.4.1.�Manuscripts from Nippur""; ""2.4.2.�Manuscripts from Ur""; ""2.4.3.�Manuscripts from Kiš""; ""2.4.4.�A Manuscript from Sippar""; ""2.4.5.�Manuscripts of Unknown Provenance""; ""Transliteration and Translation""; ""Commentary""; ""Score""; ""Bibliography""; ""Plates"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The goal of this book is to present a revised edition of the Sumerian Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, a lament bewailing the fall of the glorious Ur III kingdom in 2004 B.C.E.Lamentation is a well-known genre in world literature. Laments of various types are part of the cultural legacy and literary corpus of many societies, from ancient to |
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modern times, and Sumerian literature is no exception. However, Mesopotamian lamentation literature includes a significant body of laments belonging to a unique and almost unparalleled genre—the genre of lamentations over the destruction of cities and temples. This genre has no known ancient parallel outside the ancient Near East; more specifically, it is almost exclusively attested in Sumerian and biblical literature. The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur is the most famous and important exemplar of the city-laments.In this updated and revised publication of the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, Samet provides an introductory discussion of Sumerian city-laments in general; a full presentation of the text of the Ur Lament, including transliteration, translation, and an extensive philological commentary; and an accounting of the extant textual witness in score format. Plates with color photos of many texts are included. |
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