Sumerian literary fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia

Jeremiah Peterson Affiliation: Not available Biography: Jeremiah Peterson, Earned PhD in Assyriology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 (thesis title: A Study of Sumerian Faunal Conception with a Focus on the Terms Pertaining to the Order Testudines) and BA in History from Purdue University in 2000. Author of the monograph Godlists from Old Babylonian Nippur in the University Museum, Philadelphia (Münster, 2009). Has held post-doctoral appointments from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley Close window

Jeremiah Peterson About the authors  Publication year: 2011 Language: English Subjects: Linguistics and Philology, Archaeology and Prehistory Collection: Biblioteca del Próximo Oriente Antiguo. Premio Nacional de Edición Universitaria (UNE), Mejor colección, 2014

Abstract:

This volume documents several hundred newly identified Sumerian literary fragments in the Babylonian Section, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania, by handcopy and photograph. The fragments treated in this volume primarily pertain to previously identified Sumerian literary compositions. These involve myths and epics, including several new fragments belonging to the Gilgamesh cycle, the Sumerian kinglist, the city laments, royal hymns and hymns to temples, literary letters, law collections and proverbs. Pertinent commentary to any new content offered by these fragments is treated in detail in this volume.

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This book was added to our online catalog on Monday 12 December, 2011.