The Harps That Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300072785)

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
ISBN-10: 0300072783
ISBN-13: 9780300072785
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/23/1997
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.13w x 1.35d