Religion, Literature, and Scholarship: The Sumerian Composition Nanše and the Birds

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Religion, Literature, and Scholarship: The Sumerian Composition Nanše and the Birds is written by Niek Veldhuis and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9047405773 (ISBN 10) and 9789047405771 (ISBN 13).

This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanše and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. The discussions of Babylonian religion, literature, and scholarship focus on the usefulness and relevance of these modern concepts for categorizing the ancient text. The volume presents the first critical edition of Nanše and the Birds, as well as editions of the hymn Nanše B and all third millennium and Old Babylonian lexical lists of birds. It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets. The final chapter discusses the identity and orthography of all Sumerian bird names in literary, administrative and lexical texts.