Religion, Literature, and Scholarship - The Sumerian Composition Nanše and the Birds : With a Catalogue of Sumerian Bird Names.

By: Veldhuis, NiekMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (420 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781433707414Subject(s): Birds -- Nomenclature (Popular) -- Sumerian | Nanše and the birds | Sumerian literature -- History and criticism | Sumerians -- ReligionGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion, Literature, and Scholarship - The Sumerian Composition Nanše and the Birds : With a Catalogue of Sumerian Bird NamesDDC classification: 899/.95 LOC classification: PJ4045 -- .V45 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- 1.1. Summary of Nanše and the Birds -- 1.2. Sumerian and Cuneiform -- 1.3. Sumerian Literature -- 1.4. On the Text and Translation of Nanše and the Birds -- II. Religion -- 2.1. Approaches to Mesopotamian Religion -- 2.2. Nanše -- 2.2.1. Nanše in Niĝin -- 2.2.2. Nanše as a Marsh Goddess: Birds and Fish -- 2.2.3. Nanše as Dream Interpreter -- 2.2.4. Nanše's Roles and Identities -- 2.3. Anzud -- 2.3.1. Anzud as a Symbol of Power and Aggression -- 2.3.2. Anzud as Enemy of Ninĝirsu/Ninurta -- 2.3.3. Anzud as Helper -- 2.3.4. Anzud as Fate Determiner -- 2.3.5. Conclusion: Anzud's Role in Nanše and the Birds -- 2.4. Discussion -- III. Literature -- 3.1. Approaches to Sumerian Literature -- 3.2. Sumerian Literature: A Social-Functional Definition -- 3.3. Poetic Language -- 3.3.1. Layout and Line Division -- 3.3.2. Parallelism and Repetition -- 3.3.3. Imagery -- 3.3.4. Literary Vocabulary -- 3.3.5. General Structure -- 3.3.6. Poetic Language in Nanše and the Birds -- 3.4. Institutional Context: the School -- 3.4.1. The Institution: Private or Official? -- 3.4.2. The Scribal Curriculum and Nanše and The Birds -- 3.4.3. Educational Practice -- 3.4.4. Institutional Context: Conclusion -- 3.5. History and the Creation of a Sumerian Heritage -- 3.5.1. Hymns, Narratives, and Paradigmatic Texts -- 3.5.2. History and Fiction: The Traditional Character -- 3.5.2.1. Traditional Characters -- 3.5.2.2. Fiction and History -- 3.5.2.3. Nanše and the Birds as History -- 3.5.3. History and Sumerian Identity -- 3.5.3.1. The Sumerian King List and the Idea of History -- 3.5.3.2. Local versus National Literature -- 3.6. Conclusion -- IV. Knowledge and Scholarship -- 4.1. The Nature of Knowledge -- 4.2. Lists of Birds in Old Babylonian Nippur -- 4.2.1. The Curricular List: Ur5-ra in Nippur.
4.2.2. Extra-Curricular List: The Early Dynastic List of Birds in Nippur -- 4.2.2.1. Extra-Curricular Lexical Lists -- 4.2.2.2. ED Birds in Old Babylonian Nippur -- 4.2.3. Uses of Curricular and Extra-Curricular Lists in Nippur -- 4.3. Correlations Between Bird Lists and Literary Vocabulary -- 4.3.1. Birds in Proverbs -- 4.3.2. Birds in the Literary Tradition -- 4.3.3. Correlations: Conclusion -- 4.4. Bird Lists and Nanše and the Birds -- 4.5. Conclusion -- V. Conclusions -- 5.1. The Comparative Nature of Studying an Ancient Culture -- 5.2. The Nature of Nanše and the Birds -- VI. Nanše and the Birds: Edition -- 6.1. Structure -- 6.2. Composite Text and Translation -- 6.3. Score Edition -- 6.3.1. Revision History -- 6.3.2. Tablet Typology -- 6.3.3. Catalogue of Sources -- 6.3.4. Score Edition -- 6.4. Textual Commentary -- VII. Edition of Nanše B -- 7.1. History of Research -- 7.2. The Tablet -- 7.3. Edition -- 7.4. Commentary -- VIII. Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian Lists of Fish and Birds -- 8.1. Early Dynastic Bird and Fish Lists -- 8.1.1. ED Fish: an Old Babylonian Copy from Nippur -- 8.1.2. ED Birds -- 8.2. Lists from Nippur -- 8.2.1. Curricular List of Fish and Birds from Nippur -- 8.2.1.1. Introduction -- 8.2.1.2. List of Sources -- 8.2.1.3. Score Transliteration -- 8.2.2. Non-Curricular Lists from Nippur -- 8.2.2.1. CBS 3842 (+) N 3755 (+) UM 29-16-225 -- 8.2.2.2. CBS 4608 + -- 8.3. List of Fish and Birds from Ur -- 8.4. List of Fish and Birds from Uruk -- 8.5. Lists of Birds from Šaduppum -- 8.6. Lists of Fish and Birds from Ishchali -- 8.7. List of Fish and Birds from Kiš -- 8.8. List of Fish and Birds from Sippar(?) -- 8.9. Lists of Fish and Birds from Unknown Places -- IX. Sumerian Bird Names -- 9.1. The Lexicography of Sumerian Bird Names -- 9.2. How the CatalogueWorks -- 9.3. Sumerian Bird Names -- Bibliography.
List of color illustrations -- Plates -- Index of SumerianWords.
Summary: This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanše and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. It contains editions of all the relevant Sumerian texts.
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Intro -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- 1.1. Summary of Nanše and the Birds -- 1.2. Sumerian and Cuneiform -- 1.3. Sumerian Literature -- 1.4. On the Text and Translation of Nanše and the Birds -- II. Religion -- 2.1. Approaches to Mesopotamian Religion -- 2.2. Nanše -- 2.2.1. Nanše in Niĝin -- 2.2.2. Nanše as a Marsh Goddess: Birds and Fish -- 2.2.3. Nanše as Dream Interpreter -- 2.2.4. Nanše's Roles and Identities -- 2.3. Anzud -- 2.3.1. Anzud as a Symbol of Power and Aggression -- 2.3.2. Anzud as Enemy of Ninĝirsu/Ninurta -- 2.3.3. Anzud as Helper -- 2.3.4. Anzud as Fate Determiner -- 2.3.5. Conclusion: Anzud's Role in Nanše and the Birds -- 2.4. Discussion -- III. Literature -- 3.1. Approaches to Sumerian Literature -- 3.2. Sumerian Literature: A Social-Functional Definition -- 3.3. Poetic Language -- 3.3.1. Layout and Line Division -- 3.3.2. Parallelism and Repetition -- 3.3.3. Imagery -- 3.3.4. Literary Vocabulary -- 3.3.5. General Structure -- 3.3.6. Poetic Language in Nanše and the Birds -- 3.4. Institutional Context: the School -- 3.4.1. The Institution: Private or Official? -- 3.4.2. The Scribal Curriculum and Nanše and The Birds -- 3.4.3. Educational Practice -- 3.4.4. Institutional Context: Conclusion -- 3.5. History and the Creation of a Sumerian Heritage -- 3.5.1. Hymns, Narratives, and Paradigmatic Texts -- 3.5.2. History and Fiction: The Traditional Character -- 3.5.2.1. Traditional Characters -- 3.5.2.2. Fiction and History -- 3.5.2.3. Nanše and the Birds as History -- 3.5.3. History and Sumerian Identity -- 3.5.3.1. The Sumerian King List and the Idea of History -- 3.5.3.2. Local versus National Literature -- 3.6. Conclusion -- IV. Knowledge and Scholarship -- 4.1. The Nature of Knowledge -- 4.2. Lists of Birds in Old Babylonian Nippur -- 4.2.1. The Curricular List: Ur5-ra in Nippur.

4.2.2. Extra-Curricular List: The Early Dynastic List of Birds in Nippur -- 4.2.2.1. Extra-Curricular Lexical Lists -- 4.2.2.2. ED Birds in Old Babylonian Nippur -- 4.2.3. Uses of Curricular and Extra-Curricular Lists in Nippur -- 4.3. Correlations Between Bird Lists and Literary Vocabulary -- 4.3.1. Birds in Proverbs -- 4.3.2. Birds in the Literary Tradition -- 4.3.3. Correlations: Conclusion -- 4.4. Bird Lists and Nanše and the Birds -- 4.5. Conclusion -- V. Conclusions -- 5.1. The Comparative Nature of Studying an Ancient Culture -- 5.2. The Nature of Nanše and the Birds -- VI. Nanše and the Birds: Edition -- 6.1. Structure -- 6.2. Composite Text and Translation -- 6.3. Score Edition -- 6.3.1. Revision History -- 6.3.2. Tablet Typology -- 6.3.3. Catalogue of Sources -- 6.3.4. Score Edition -- 6.4. Textual Commentary -- VII. Edition of Nanše B -- 7.1. History of Research -- 7.2. The Tablet -- 7.3. Edition -- 7.4. Commentary -- VIII. Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian Lists of Fish and Birds -- 8.1. Early Dynastic Bird and Fish Lists -- 8.1.1. ED Fish: an Old Babylonian Copy from Nippur -- 8.1.2. ED Birds -- 8.2. Lists from Nippur -- 8.2.1. Curricular List of Fish and Birds from Nippur -- 8.2.1.1. Introduction -- 8.2.1.2. List of Sources -- 8.2.1.3. Score Transliteration -- 8.2.2. Non-Curricular Lists from Nippur -- 8.2.2.1. CBS 3842 (+) N 3755 (+) UM 29-16-225 -- 8.2.2.2. CBS 4608 + -- 8.3. List of Fish and Birds from Ur -- 8.4. List of Fish and Birds from Uruk -- 8.5. Lists of Birds from Šaduppum -- 8.6. Lists of Fish and Birds from Ishchali -- 8.7. List of Fish and Birds from Kiš -- 8.8. List of Fish and Birds from Sippar(?) -- 8.9. Lists of Fish and Birds from Unknown Places -- IX. Sumerian Bird Names -- 9.1. The Lexicography of Sumerian Bird Names -- 9.2. How the CatalogueWorks -- 9.3. Sumerian Bird Names -- Bibliography.

List of color illustrations -- Plates -- Index of SumerianWords.

This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanše and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. It contains editions of all the relevant Sumerian texts.

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