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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789724503321

Autore

Kleinerman Alexandra

Titolo

Education in early 2nd millennium BC Babylonia [[electronic resource] ] : the Sumerian epistolary miscellany / / by Alexandra Kleinerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-27075-7

9786613270757

90-04-21423-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Cuneiform monographs, , 0929-0052 ; ; v. 42

Disciplina

370.9355

Soggetti

Education - Iraq - Babylonia - History

Sumerian literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Content -- Chapter Three Compilation -- Chapter Four Curriculum -- Chapter Five Correspondence -- Chapter Six Editions -- Appendix Textual Matrices -- Bibliography -- Index of Sumerian Words -- Index of Referenced Texts.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines a collection of twenty-two literary letters and related compositions – the Sumerian Epistolary Miscellany (SEpM) – studied as part of the Old Babylonian Sumerian scribal curriculum, in an attempt to better understand the education system at this time. The author includes discussion of the nature of the letters as scribal inventions, the pedagogical function of literary letters and compilation tablets, as well as the creation, implementation and consistency of the advanced Sumerian scribal curriculum. The volume also contains critical editions of SEpM as well as ancillary Sumerian letters studied in the Nippur schools, the majority of which were previously unpublished.