The Harps that once-- : Sumerian poetry in translation / Thorkild Jacobsen
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Sumerian Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1987Description: xv, 498 p.; 24 cmISBN:- 0-300-03906-9
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Sumerian texts in English translation.
'The translations have been kept as literal, and held as close to the wording of the Sumerian original, as at all possible, and they are throughout consistent with Sumerian lexicon and grammar as wee them. The notes are intended for the general reader.' (from 'Introduction' (p.xv)).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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