03270nam 22006974a 450 991096134090332120251116174221.01-280-85965-297866108596581-4294-2782-590-474-0577-31-4337-0741-110.1163/9789047405771(CKB)1000000000334978(EBL)280736(OCoLC)476024463(SSID)ssj0000235577(PQKBManifestationID)11199306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235577(PQKBWorkID)10254398(PQKB)10393123(OCoLC)648200221(MiAaPQ)EBC280736(Au-PeEL)EBL280736(CaPaEBR)ebr10171550(CaONFJC)MIL85965(OCoLC)191953376(nllekb)BRILL9789047405771(EXLCZ)99100000000033497820040513d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion, literature, and scholarship the Sumerian composition Nanse and the birds, with a catalogue of Sumerian bird names /Niek Veldhuis1st ed.Leiden ;Boston Brill/Styx20041 online resource (420 p.)Cuneiform monographs,0929-0052 ;22Description based upon print version of record.90-04-13950-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-330) and indexes.Preface; I. Introduction; II. Religion; III. Literature; IV. Knowledge and Scholarship; V. Conclusions; VI. Nanše and the Birds: Edition; VII. Edition of Nanše B; VIII. Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian Lists of Fish and Birds; IX. Sumerian Bird Names; Bibliography; List of color illustrations; Plates; Index of SumerianWordsThis book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanše and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. The discussions of Babylonian religion, literature, and scholarship focus on the usefulness and relevance of these modern concepts for categorizing the ancient text. The volume presents the first critical edition of Nanše and the Birds , as well as editions of the hymn Nanše B and all third millennium and Old Babylonian lexical lists of birds. It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets. The final chapter discusses the identity and orthography of all Sumerian bird names in literary, administrative and lexical texts.Cuneiform monographs ;22.Sumerian literatureHistory and criticismSumeriansReligionBirdsNomenclature (Popular)SumerianSumerian literatureHistory and criticism.SumeriansReligion.BirdsSumerian.899/.95Veldhuis Niek638750MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961340903321Religion, literature, and scholarship4533144UNINA