MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01548cam a22003371 4500
001 34022547
003 DLC
005 20080426081842.0
008 750319s1934 ilu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 34022547
035 $a(OCoLC)1224001
040 $aDLC$cOAkU$dOCoLC$dDLC
041 0 $aengsux
042 $apremarc
050 00 $aPJ4054.N5$bC53
082 $a492
100 1 $aChiera, Edward,$d1885-1933.
245 10 $aSumerian texts of varied contents,$cby Edward Chiera ...
260 $aChicago, Ill.,$bThe University of Chicago Press$c[1934]
300 $a4 p. l., vii-ix, 7, [1] p., 109 numb. l.$c31 cm.
490 0 $a[Chicago. University. Oriental Institute] Cuneiform series--$vvol. IV
440 4 $aThe University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications,$vvol. XVI
500 $a"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.
500 $aThe texts include Sumerian proverbs, incantations, lamentations, hymns, and liturgies together with a few apparently legendary and historical texts.
504 $a"List of abbreviations": p. ix.
650 0 $aSumerian literature.
650 0 $aSumerians$xReligion.
650 0 $aProverbs, Sumerian.
650 0 $aHymns, Sumerian.
700 1 $aKramer, Samuel Noah,$d1897-1990.
710 2 $aUniversity of Pennsylvania.$bUniversity Museum.$bBabylonian Section.