Sumerian texts of varied contents
By: by Edward Chiera ...
Contributors: Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-; University of Pennsylvania. University Museum. Babylonian Section.
Series: The University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications,; vol. XVI; [Chicago. University. Oriental Institute] Cuneiform series--; vol. IV
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 1934
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng; sux
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Sumerian literature; Sumerians -- Religion; Proverbs, Sumerian; Hymns, Sumerian
Notes: "List of abbreviations": p. ix.
"This volume ... consists of facsimiles of tablets from the Nippur collection of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Samuel N. Kramer ... has ... grouped the plates in their present arrangement and contributed the introductory descriptions of the texts."--Editorial note.
The texts include Sumerian proverbs, incantations, lamentations, hymns, and liturgies together with a few apparently legendary and historical texts.