Texts and Contexts : The Circulation and Transmission of Cuneiform Texts in Social Space /
Texts and Contexts : The Circulation and Transmission of Cuneiform Texts in Social Space /
ed. by Paul Delnero, Jacob Lauinger.
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) , 9 2161-4415 ; .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Textual Circulation and Performance -- 2. Emar’s entu Installation -- 3. Contextualizing Tradition -- 4. Texts and Performance -- Textual Circulation and Administrative Praxis -- 5. Contingency Tables and Economic Forecasting in the Earliest Texts from Mesopotamia -- 6. Ur III Administrative Texts -- 7. Policing, Planning, and Provisos -- Textual Circulation and the Mechanics of Production -- 8. The “Magic” of Adapa -- 9. The Text after the Sacrifice -- 10. Songs of Clay -- 11. Neo-Assyrian Scribes, “Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty,” and the Dynamics of Textual Mass Production
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This volume assembles scholars working on cuneiform texts from different periods, genres, and areas to examine the range of social, cultural, and historical contexts in which specific types of texts circulated. Using different methodologies and sources of evidence, these articles reconstruct the contexts in which various cuneiform texts circulated, providing a critical framework to determine how they functioned.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781614517177 9781614519638 9781614515371
10.1515/9781614515371 doi
Akkadian language--Texts--Congresses.
Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism--Congresses.
Sumerian language--Texts--Congresses.
Sumerian literature--History and criticism--Congresses.
Akkadian.
Sumerian.
cuneiform.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages (see also Latin).
cuneiform texts. materiality. textual transmission. transmission of knowledge.
PJ3601 / .T49 2015
290
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Textual Circulation and Performance -- 2. Emar’s entu Installation -- 3. Contextualizing Tradition -- 4. Texts and Performance -- Textual Circulation and Administrative Praxis -- 5. Contingency Tables and Economic Forecasting in the Earliest Texts from Mesopotamia -- 6. Ur III Administrative Texts -- 7. Policing, Planning, and Provisos -- Textual Circulation and the Mechanics of Production -- 8. The “Magic” of Adapa -- 9. The Text after the Sacrifice -- 10. Songs of Clay -- 11. Neo-Assyrian Scribes, “Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty,” and the Dynamics of Textual Mass Production
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This volume assembles scholars working on cuneiform texts from different periods, genres, and areas to examine the range of social, cultural, and historical contexts in which specific types of texts circulated. Using different methodologies and sources of evidence, these articles reconstruct the contexts in which various cuneiform texts circulated, providing a critical framework to determine how they functioned.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781614517177 9781614519638 9781614515371
10.1515/9781614515371 doi
Akkadian language--Texts--Congresses.
Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism--Congresses.
Sumerian language--Texts--Congresses.
Sumerian literature--History and criticism--Congresses.
Akkadian.
Sumerian.
cuneiform.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages (see also Latin).
cuneiform texts. materiality. textual transmission. transmission of knowledge.
PJ3601 / .T49 2015
290