The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, heritage and paintings of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. together with fabric hitherto unpublished from contemporary excavations, the articles are organised thematically utilizing facts from archaeology, texts and the common sciences. This large remedy also will make the amount of curiosity to scholars trying to find comparative facts in allied topics corresponding to historical literature and early religions.
Providing an authoritative, complete and recent evaluation of the Sumerian interval written by means of the superior certified students within the box, The Sumerian World will fulfill scholars, researchers, teachers, and the an expert layperson wishing to appreciate the realm of southern Mesopotamia within the 3rd millennium.
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H. die in ihnen verkörperten ethischen Qualitäten bewährte, als er noch die Freude und der Stolz seiner Eltern war. Das Gedicht wird durch diesen Anruf, der sein Vorbild in den Hymnen auf die Götter hat, gleich im Anfang von einer inneren Bewegtheit geprägt, die wir in den älteren Epigrammen höchstens in den aus der Elegie abgeleiteten Formen der Klage angetroffen haben. - Aus dem Wesen der Aufschrift hatte sich uns ergeben, daß auch das Epigramm als eine Species dieses Genas zunächst dem praktischen Zweck verhaftet blieb, Aufschluß zu geben über den Toten und die Umstände seines Lebens und Sterbens.
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