The Harps That Once . Sumerian Poetry in Translation.
Thorkild Jacobsen.
ISBN 10: 0300072783 ISBN 13: 9780300072785
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1987
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Includes Dumuzi Texts, Royal Lovesongs, Hymns to Gods, Myths, Epics, Admonitory History, Hymns to Temples, and Laments to Temples. 498 pages, index. Contains some of the world's most ancient literature. Cover wear but text unmarked. Seller Inventory # 14043
Synopsis:
The eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen, author of Treasures of Darkness, here presents translations of ancient Sumerian poems written near the end of the third millennium b.c.e., including a number of compositions that have never before been published in translation. The themes developed in the poems―quite possibly the earliest poems extant―are those that have fascinated humanity since the time people first began to spin stories: the longings of young lovers; courage in battle; joy at the birth of a child; the pleasures of drink and song.
About the Author: The late Thorkild Jacobsen was professor of Assyriology emeritus at Harvard University
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Title: The Harps That Once . Sumerian Poetry in ...
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven & London
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Softcover.
Condition: Very Good.