Les cylindres de Goudea decouverts par Ernest de Sarzec a Tello.

[GUDEA, of Lagash] [GOUDÉA] THUREAU-DANGIN, F. [François]; SARZEC, M. de:

Published by Paris : P. Geuthner, 1925., 1925

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First Edition. 54 plates, in original cloth case with ties. Very Good. Textes cunéiformes, t. 8. Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités Orientales, Textes Cunéiformes, Tome VIII. 'Dating to c. 2100, the Gudea Cylinders were composed to celebrate the building of a temple to Ninñirsu by Gudea, King of Lagash' (John Curtis Franklin, 'The Wisdom of the Lyre: Soundings in Ancient Greece, Cyprus and the Near East, In memoriam Jeremy Black'). 'For an excellent copy of the text, cf. F. Thureau-Dangin, Les cylindres de Gudea, découverts par Ernest de Sarzec à Tello (Musée du Louvre, Departement des antiquités orientales, Textes cunéiformes, tome VIII; Paris, 1925)' (Samuel Noah Kramer, Sumerian Mythology). Seller Inventory # 21333

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Title: Les cylindres de Goudea decouverts par ...

Publisher: Paris : P. Geuthner, 1925.

Publication Date: 1925

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition