The Nippur lament
Subtitle: royal rhetoric and divine legitimation in the reign of Išme-Dagon of Isin (1953-1935 B.C.)
By: by Steve Tinney.
Series: Occasional publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund ;; 16
Publisher: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund; University of Pennsylvania Press; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Ishme-Dagan, King of Babylonia; Nippur lament; Laments -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History and criticism; Elegiac poetry, Sumerian -- History and criticism; Elegiac poetry, Sumerian
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.