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The lamentation over the destruction of Ur

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Samet, Nili author
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Title The lamentation over the destruction of Ur / Nili Samet.
Publisher Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns
Creation Date 2014
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.) -- Bar Ilan University, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-243) and indexes.
Text in transcribed Sumerian with English translation and commentary.
Content Sumerian laments over cities and temples -- Sumerian city laments -- The lamentation over the destruction of Ur -- Previous editions and translations -- The present edition -- List of manuscripts -- Descriptions of manuscripts -- Transliteration and translation -- Commentary -- Score.
Series Mesopotamian civilizations
18
Extent x, 257 pages, 29 pages of plates : color illustrations
29 cm.
Language English
Sumerian
National Library system number 990038419650205171

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