ID - 2950963 TI - Religion, literature and scholarship : the Sumerian Composition "Nanše and the birds" : with a catalogue of Sumerian bird names PY - 2004 VL - 22 SN - 09290052 SN - 1280859652 9786610859658 1429427825 9047405773 1433707411 9781429427821 9789004139503 9004139508 9781433707414 9004139508 9781280859656 6610859655 9789047405771 PB - Leiden : E.J. Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Nans?e and the birds. KW - Sumerian literature - History and criticism. KW - Sumerian literature KW - Sumerians KW - Birds KW - History and criticism. KW - Religion. KW - Sumerian. KW - Nanše and the birds. KW - Aves KW - Avian fauna KW - Avifauna KW - Wild birds KW - Amniotes KW - Vertebrates KW - Ornithology KW - Littérature sumérienne KW - Sumériens KW - Oiseaux KW - Nomenclature (Popular) KW - Histoire et critique KW - Religion KW - Nomenclature populaire sumérienne KW - Nan*se and the birds. KW - Nanse and the birds KW - History and criticism KW - Sumerian KW - Nanše et les oiseaux KW - Nanse and the birds. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2950963 AB - This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanše and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. The discussions of Babylonian religion, literature, and scholarship focus on the usefulness and relevance of these modern concepts for categorizing the ancient text. The volume presents the first critical edition of Nanše and the Birds , as well as editions of the hymn Nanše B and all third millennium and Old Babylonian lexical lists of birds. It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets. The final chapter discusses the identity and orthography of all Sumerian bird names in literary, administrative and lexical texts. ER -