THE HARPS THAT ONCE.... by Thorkild Jacobsen ( 9780300072785 )

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Title:

THE HARPS THAT ONCE....
SUMERIAN POETRY IN TRANSLATION

By:

Thorkild Jacobsen

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Hardback

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0300072783

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9780300072785

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YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

23 September, 1997

Pages:

516

Description:

This volume presents translations of ancient Sumerian poems, including a number of compositions that have never before been published in translation.

Synopsis:

The eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen, author of Treasures of Darkness, here presents translations of ancient Sumerian poems written near the end of the third millennium b.c.e., including a number of compositions that have never before been published in translation. The themes developed in the poems-quite possibly the earliest poems extant-are those that have fascinated humanity since the time people first began to spin stories: the longings of young lovers; courage in battle; joy at the birth of a child; the pleasures of drink and song.

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