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University of Pennsylvania Press Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer
Sumerian Mythology Revised Edition Samuel Noah Kramer A real addition to the body of world mythology.American Anthropologist No people has contributed more to the culture of mankind than the Sumerians and yet it has been only in recent years that our knowledge of them has become at all accurate or extensive. [This book is] our first authoritative sketch of the great myths of the Sumerians their myths of origins of creation the nether world and the deluge. The book . . . makes entrancing reading and for the general reader it opens up a whole new vista undreamed of before.Theophile J. Meek Samuel Noah Kramer was Clark Research Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania where he was also Curator Emeritus of the Tablet Collections. 1998 184 pages 5 1/4 x 8 23 illus. ISBN 9780812210477 Paper $14.95s £10.00 World Rights Historyshow more