The Harps That Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation -- Thorkild Jacobsen, Paperback
The eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen, author of Treasures of Darkness, here presents translations of ancient Sumerian poems written near the end of the third millennium b.c.e., including a number of compositions that have never before been published in translation. The themes developed in the poems--quite possibly the earliest poems extant--are those that have fascinated humanity since the time people first began to spin stories: the longings of young lovers; courage in battle; joy at the birth of a child; the pleasures of drink and song.
Author: Thorkild Jacobsen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 9/23/1997
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.61 lbs
Size: 9.19" H x 6.13" L x 1.35" W
ISBN: 9780300072785