If a man builds a joyful house : : Assyriological studies in honor of Erle Verdun Leichty / / edited by Ann K. Guinan ... [et al.].

This volume honors Erle Verdun Leichty's substantial and wide-ranging contributions to the study of ancient Mesopotamia. The articles represent the latest thinking of leading scholars in the field of Assyriology/Sumerology. Thirty-eight contributions cover the following subjects: history, divin...

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Superior document:Cuneiform monographs, v. 31
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Cuneiform monographs ; 31.
Physical Description:1 online resource (557 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""CUNEIFORM STUDIES AT PENN: FROM HILPRECHT TO LEICHTY
  • - Barry L. Eichler""""WELL, DOG MY CATS! A NOTE ON THE URIDIMMU
  • - Richard S. Ellis""; ""THE SIZE AND VERSIONS OF INANNAâ€?S DESCENT
  • - A.J. Ferrara""; ""ON AN IZBU VII COMMENTARY
  • - I. L. Finkel""; ""BM 129092: A COMMENTARY ON SNAKE OMENS
  • - Sally M. Freedman""; ""PRACTICE OR PRAXIS
  • - M.J. Geller""; ""BABYLONIAN TEXTS FROM THE FOLIOS OF SIDNEY SMITH, PART THREE: A COMMENTARY ON A RITUAL OF THE MONTH NISAN
  • - A.R. George""; ""ANOTHER ANCIENT ANTIQUARY
  • - William W. Hallo""; ""THE RETURN OF THE GOVERNOR Atsuko Hattori""
  • ""VISUALIZING TEXT: SCHEMATIC PATTERNS IN AKKADIAN POETRY
  • - Anne Draffkorn Kilmer""""AN “OLD AKKADIANâ€? SALE DOCUMENT OF UNKNOWN PROVENANCE
  • - Jacob Klein""; ""ENBILULU AND THE CALENDAR
  • - W.G. Lambert""; ""A STRAY NUZI TEXT FROM BELGIUM
  • - M.P. Maidman""; ""HOW TO READ THE LIVERâ€?IN SUMERIAN
  • - Piotr Michalowski""; ""CUNEIFORM TEXTS IN UTAH COLLECTIONS
  • - D.I. Owen and E. Wasilewska""; ""THE MESOPOTAMIAN CONCEPTUALIZATION OF BIRTH AND THE DETERMINATION OF DESTINY AT SUNRISE
  • - J. Polonsky""; ""IF MARS COMES CLOSE TO PEGASUS â€?
  • - Erica Reiner""
  • ""TWO NEO-BABYLONIAN TEXTS OF FOREIGN WORKMEN
  • - Ira Spar, Thomas J. Logan, James P. Allen""""PARYSATIS IN BABYLON
  • - Matthew W. Stolper""; ""F FOR FAKE? TWO EARLY MESOPOTAMIAN-LOOKING OBJECTS IN A SWISS COLLECTION
  • - Claudia E. Suter""; ""DIVINATION: THEORY AND USE
  • - Niek Veldhuis""; ""FOUR BROTHERS AND A THRONE
  • - M.W. Waters""; ""TIÅ ATAL AND NINEVEH AT THE END OF THE 3RD MILLENNIUM BCE
  • - Richard L. Zettler""; ""INDEX""