| Description |
xvii, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Writings from the ancient world ; no. 29 |
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Writings from the ancient world ; no. 34.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Publisher's website (https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/061534P.pdf) indicates that the correct series number for this text is 34. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part I : Introduction -- A general overview of the compositions and their sources -- Definitions and approaches -- The historical and social contexts -- The archaeological and archival contexts -- The curricular context: the place and role of wisdom literature within the Scribal-school curriculum. Part II : Late bronze age wisdom compositions -- Sima milka, or The instructions of Supe-ameli -- The ballad of early rulers -- Enlil and Namzitarra -- The righteous sufferer, or A hymn to Marduk from Ugarit -- The date palm and the Tamarisk -- Proverb collections from Hattusa -- An Akkadian-Hurian bilingual proverb extract -- Proverbs and proverbial sayings in letters: the Mari letters and late Bronze Age correspondence. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Writings from the ancient world]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Assyro-Babylonian literature.
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Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Akkadian language -- Texts.
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Assyro-Babylonian literature -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
George, A. R.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 9781589837539 9781589837751 (DLC) 2013004614 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb32031 hdl |
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