The Sumerians: their history, culture, and character.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Chicago] University of Chicago Press [1963]Description: xiv, 355 p. illus., plates. 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 913.35
- DS72 .K73
- DS 72
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Bibliography: p. 343-346.
WAR, NEWBERY,
Archeology and decipherment -- History : Heroes, kings, and ensi's -- Society : The Sumerian city -- Religion : Theology, rite, and myth -- Literature : The Sumerian belles-lettres -- Education : The Sumerian school -- Character : Drives, motives, and values -- The legacy of Sumer -- The origin and development of the cuneiform system of writing -- The Sumerian language -- Votive inscriptions -- Sample date-formulas -- Sumerian king list -- Letters -- Ditilla's (court decisions) -- Lipit-Ishtar law code -- Farmer's almanac.