num_pages: 1044
description: Comprehensive collection of ancient Akkadian literature spanning three millennia. This larger completely new 3rd edition contains many compositions not in the previous editions; new translations of previously included compositions; incorporation of new text fragments identified or excavated since the last publication; all new footnotes; references and commentary brought up to date to reflect scholarly work of the last 10 years; and 100 more pages than the old two-volume edition.
language: English
title: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature
publisher: CDL Press