An Annotated Sumerian Dictionary
$505.64
- Hardcover
1580 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2023
Summary
Sumerian was the first language to be put into writing (ca. 3200–3100 BCE), and it is the language for which the cuneiform script was originally developed. Even after it was supplanted by Akkadian as the primary spoken language in ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerian continued to be used as a scholarly written language until the end of the first millennium BCE. This volume presents the first comprehensive English-language scholarly lexicon of Sumerian.
This dictionary covers all the nuances …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781646021963 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1646021967 |
| Author: | Mark E. Cohen |
| Publisher: | Eisenbrauns |
| Imprint: | Eisenbrauns |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1580 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 2.28kg |
| Dimensions: | 116mm x 178mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
“Cohen’s dictionary is assuredly a large trove containing many enlightening informational nuggets that will reward those who have a love for Sumerian.”
—John Alan Halloran Review of Biblical Literature
“The author should be thanked for providing a new tool for Sumerologists, both for students and researchers.”
—Klaus Wagensonner Bulletin of ASOR
Mark E. Cohen
Mark E. Cohen was Assistant Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University and taught ancient history at the University of Maryland for more than twenty-five years. His many publications include New Treasures of Sumerian Literature, Festivals and Calendars of the Ancient Near East, and An English to Akkadian Companion to the Assyrian Dictionaries.
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