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by Samuel Noah Kramer (Author) "The science of comparative mythology, like almost all the sciences, exact and inexact, is largely a product of the nineteenth century; its origin and development..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 184 pages
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Oct 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812210476
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812210477
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 394,070 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"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


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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars nice little overview, 1 May 2001
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This book was written a while ago and it is a very academic bit of work. This isn't a story book based on ancient myths, it is an attempt to put together an overview of Sumerian mythology from fragmented cuneiform tablets. The source material is reference throughout, you find both pictures and drawings of the tablets along with transliterations and translations. Then and only then the author goes on to explain what the quoted material indicates about the myth. Excellent, thorough text.
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