Education in Early 2nd Millennium BC Babylonia : The Sumerian Epistolary Miscellany.

By: Kleinerman, AlexandraMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cuneiform MonographsPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (392 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004214231Subject(s): Education -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History -- Sources | Sumerian literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Education in Early 2nd Millennium BC Babylonia : The Sumerian Epistolary MiscellanyDDC classification: 370.9355 LOC classification: LA41 -- .K57 2011ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Manuscripts -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Content -- 2.1 The Identification and Structure of SEpM -- 2.1.1 Physical associations between SEpM compositions -- 2.1.2 Thematic associations between SEpM compositions -- 2.2 The Nature of SEpM Composition Groups -- 2.2.1 The royal correspondence (SEpM 1-5) -- 2.2.2 The Nippur correspondence and related compositions (SEpM 6-22) -- 2.2.2.1 Daily-life letters -- 2.2.2.1.1 Agricultural letters (SEpM 11-13) -- 2.2.2.1.2 Letters about people away from home (SEpM 15-17) -- 2.2.2.1.3 Letters about scribes (SEpM 21-22) -- 2.2.2.2 Letters of petition and prayer (SEpM 6-8, 18-19) -- 2.2.2.3 Votive inscriptions -- 2.2.2.4 Miscellany -- 2.3 Additional Nippur Letters (ANL) -- 2.4 Characters -- 2.4.1 Ur-saga, Lugal-nesage, Lugal-šu (SEpM 6-8 -- 18, 20) -- 2.4.2 Witnesses (SEpM 14) -- 2.4.3 Scholars (SEpM 18, 21-22 -- ANL 4, 9) -- 2.5 Shared Linguistic Features -- 2.5.1 Greeting formula -- 2.5.2 Exhortation -- 2.6 Discussion -- Chapter Three Compilation -- 3.1 Literary Letters and Related Miscellany -- 3.1.1 Thematic groupings of SEpM compositions -- 3.1.2 Relationships between juxtaposed thematic groups -- 3.1.3 Compilations combining letter collections -- 3.1.4 Compilations combining SEpM miscellany and "wisdom" or model contracts -- 3.2 Wisdom Compilations -- 3.3 Other: The Decad, Model Court Records and Inana-Dumuzi Songs -- 3.4 Discussion -- Chapter Four Curriculum -- 4.1 Tablet Typology -- 4.2 Frequency of Individual Compositions -- 4.3 The Use of Poetic Language -- 4.4 Shared Lines -- 4.5 Discussion -- Chapter Five Correspondence -- Chapter Six Editions -- 6.1 Introductory Remarks -- 6.2 Colophons -- 6.3 Akkadian Glosses and Translations -- 6.4 Editions -- Appendix Textual Matrices -- Bibliography -- Index of Sumerian Words.
Index of Referenced Texts.
Summary: This book examines a collection of twenty-two literary letters and related compositions, the Sumerian Epistolary Miscellany, studied as part of the Old Babylonian Sumerian scribal curriculum, in an attempt to better understand the nature of the curriculum as a whole.
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Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Manuscripts -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Content -- 2.1 The Identification and Structure of SEpM -- 2.1.1 Physical associations between SEpM compositions -- 2.1.2 Thematic associations between SEpM compositions -- 2.2 The Nature of SEpM Composition Groups -- 2.2.1 The royal correspondence (SEpM 1-5) -- 2.2.2 The Nippur correspondence and related compositions (SEpM 6-22) -- 2.2.2.1 Daily-life letters -- 2.2.2.1.1 Agricultural letters (SEpM 11-13) -- 2.2.2.1.2 Letters about people away from home (SEpM 15-17) -- 2.2.2.1.3 Letters about scribes (SEpM 21-22) -- 2.2.2.2 Letters of petition and prayer (SEpM 6-8, 18-19) -- 2.2.2.3 Votive inscriptions -- 2.2.2.4 Miscellany -- 2.3 Additional Nippur Letters (ANL) -- 2.4 Characters -- 2.4.1 Ur-saga, Lugal-nesage, Lugal-šu (SEpM 6-8 -- 18, 20) -- 2.4.2 Witnesses (SEpM 14) -- 2.4.3 Scholars (SEpM 18, 21-22 -- ANL 4, 9) -- 2.5 Shared Linguistic Features -- 2.5.1 Greeting formula -- 2.5.2 Exhortation -- 2.6 Discussion -- Chapter Three Compilation -- 3.1 Literary Letters and Related Miscellany -- 3.1.1 Thematic groupings of SEpM compositions -- 3.1.2 Relationships between juxtaposed thematic groups -- 3.1.3 Compilations combining letter collections -- 3.1.4 Compilations combining SEpM miscellany and "wisdom" or model contracts -- 3.2 Wisdom Compilations -- 3.3 Other: The Decad, Model Court Records and Inana-Dumuzi Songs -- 3.4 Discussion -- Chapter Four Curriculum -- 4.1 Tablet Typology -- 4.2 Frequency of Individual Compositions -- 4.3 The Use of Poetic Language -- 4.4 Shared Lines -- 4.5 Discussion -- Chapter Five Correspondence -- Chapter Six Editions -- 6.1 Introductory Remarks -- 6.2 Colophons -- 6.3 Akkadian Glosses and Translations -- 6.4 Editions -- Appendix Textual Matrices -- Bibliography -- Index of Sumerian Words.

Index of Referenced Texts.

This book examines a collection of twenty-two literary letters and related compositions, the Sumerian Epistolary Miscellany, studied as part of the Old Babylonian Sumerian scribal curriculum, in an attempt to better understand the nature of the curriculum as a whole.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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