Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Lrg. 4tp. (7) 110pp. Half cloth over gray boards. Gilt decorated spine. Head and tail of spine and upper corners rubbed. Lower corners bumped and rubbed. Minor staining to back board. Five pages of analysis of contents in regards to this work stapled to front endpaper. The pages were prepared by W. Hallo. "This volume, like Dr. Chiera's Sumerian Epics and Myths, consists of (109) tablets from the Nippur collection of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Samuel N. Kramer of the Oriental Institute has as before grouped the plates in their present arrangement and contributed the introductory descriptions of the text. The lists of duplicates had been largely gathered by Dr. Chiera." This edition was part of the University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications Volume XVI of the Cuneiform Series Volume IV. In very good condition. (Inventory #: 12594)