{"product_id":"the-harps-that-once-thorkild-jacobsen-9780300072785","title":"The Harps That Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation","description":"The eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen, author of \u003ci\u003eTreasures of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorkild Jacobsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300072783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300072785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.13w x 1.35d","brand":"Thorkild Jacobsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079111799039,"sku":"9780300072785","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72d0481b-2033-48b5-9640-e432fe298ded.jpg?v=1685479362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-harps-that-once-thorkild-jacobsen-9780300072785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}