The Literature of Ancient Sumer
by Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Eleanor Robson, Gabor Zolyomi · first published 2004
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Sorry for the delay, busy few days. 1) The three volumes of Lichtheim's Ancient Egyptian Literature 2) Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh 3) Black et al, The Literature of Ancient Sumer 4) Foster's From Distant Days (Akkadian) After that there should be some major works from India, but I haven't gotten around to that yet, so it's, uh, (counts) 14 volumes of Greek lit, philosophy, and…
on “How Should Secular People Approach Sacred Art?” ↗I can certainly recommend : 1. The Literature of Ancient Sumer - Jeremy Black. It is a quite substantial anthology, has myths, hymns, laments, royal praise poetry, proverbs, literary debates, etc. 2. Myths from Mesopotamia - Stephanie Dalley. I bought this for Gilgamesh,…
on “Does the Sumerian King List Align with Paleoclimate Events?” ↗You got any suggestions for the Sumerian works? I've read The Literature of Ancient Sumer, and made it through, but didn't enjoy it at all and nothing stuck. Attempted From Distant Days (Akkadian literature) but just couldn't do it. Book was poorly put together and it was pretty much the same…
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