• DOI:10.2307/1355474
Corpus ID: 163898367

The Oldest Literary Catalogue: A Sumerian List of Literary Compositions Compiled about 2000 B. C.

@article{Kramer1942TheOL,
  title={The Oldest Literary Catalogue: A Sumerian List of Literary Compositions Compiled about 2000 B. C.},
  author={S. N. Kramer},
  journal={Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research},
  year={1942},
  volume={88},
  pages={10 - 19}
}

• S. N. Kramer
• Published 1942
• History
• Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

Sumerian literature consists of epics and myths, hymns and lamentations, proverbs and "wisdom " compositions. The extant epic tales of Sumer deal largely with the feats and exploits of the heroes Enmerkar, Lugalbanda, and Gilgamesh, and with those of the god Ninurta and of the goddess Inanna. Of the extant Sumerian myths, several deal with the organization of the universe and the establishment of civilization, and involve the creation of numerous cultural deities as well as the creation of man… Expand

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