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The Glossaire sumérien–français, principalement des textes littéraires paléobabyloniens (Sumerian – French Glossary, Primarily Based on Old Babylonian Literary Texts) endeavours to fill one of the most glaring gaps in modern Sumerology by providing a much-needed printed glossary that satisfies scientific standards. The œuvre does not strive for completeness but offers an expansive choice of words taken from Old Babylonian literary texts from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE. Particular attention has been paid to (idiomatic) expressions of the type ‘noun (+ noun) + verb’ such as si “horn” + gu3 “voice” + ra “to beat” = “to sound the horn.” More than one thousand of such expressions have been registered.In more than 3.800 lexicographical notes, some of which extensive, Pascal Attinger clarifies the reading of difficult lexemes, discusses the meaning of rare or unclear terms and provides a detailed bibliography which will facilitate further research. The glossary itself is preceded by a catalogue of cited compositions including abundant bibliographical references and, where applicable, information on new duplicates, a comprehensive discussion of the importance of a consistent transliteration, as well as a concordance of common readings and those adopted in the Glossary.

Linguistics --- Sumer --- Ancient Languages --- Babylon --- Assyriology --- Mesopotamia

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Gudea of Lagash, who ruled at the end of the third millennium B.C., wanted to be remembered as a temple builder. An extensive narrative inscribed on two huge clay cylinders, one of the longest and best preserved Sumerian texts, recounts his construction of the temple of Ningirsu, Lagash's patron deity. More than sixty sculpted limestone fragments belong to several stelae erected in the temples Gudea built and depict their construction. A large number of inscribed and often sculpted, artifacts provide additional information on Gudea's activities. This study treats this visual and textual material as a coherent corpus for the first time. It analyses contents, narrative structure, composition and message. Text and image are compared to elucidate the characteristics of each medium and to arrive at a comprehensive picture of the royal rhetoric of the time. The book includes a catalogue of all artifacts, and a translation of selected text passages.

Sumerian language --- Temples --- Geschiedbronnen. --- Beeldvorming. --- Tempels. --- Inschrift. --- Rhetoric. --- In literature. --- Gudea, --- Gudea (Sumer, Fürst) --- Gudea (Sumer, Fürst). --- Temples in art --- Temples in literature --- Rhetoric

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Götterhymne. --- Sumerian language --- Sumerian poetry. --- Sumériens. --- Babylone (Ville ancienne) --- Babylone (Ville ancienne) --- Sumer. --- Administration. --- Conditions économiques.

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Pottery dating --- Babylonia --- Iraq --- History. --- History --- Dating of pottery --- Pottery --- Marks --- Vavilonii︠a︡ --- Bavel --- Bābil --- Babylonien --- Sumer

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Hammurabi, --- Babylonia --- History. --- Kings and rulers --- Khammurabi, --- Hammurapi, --- Chammurapi, --- Hamurabi, --- Hammourabi, --- Hammu-rapi, --- חמורבי, --- حمورابي. --- Vavilonii︠a︡ --- Bavel --- Bābil --- Babylonien --- Sumer