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Ancient hero, dramatic performance: Sumerian story brought to vibrant life.
The Sumerian Poem Enmerkar and En-Suhkes-Ana
epic, play, or?: stage craft at the turn from the third to the second millennium b.c.
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109 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2012
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Summary
This thorough edition of a Sumerian poem featuring the hero Enmerkar makes use of many newly identified exemplars of the composition. In addition, in his commentary the author makes a good case that story and script were created for performance, possibly at a specific event at a specific place, i.e., at the drinking party King Amarsu’ena gave at the house of the son of the 1st governor of Hamazi in the second month of the year Amarsu’ena 2 in the capital Ur. The text was intended to serve as …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780940490895 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0940490897 |
| Author: | Claus Wilcke |
| Publisher: | American Oriental Society |
| Imprint: | American Oriental Society |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 109 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm |
| Series: | American Oriental Series Essays |
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