Author: LEWIS, BRIAN
Title: The Sargon Legend a Study of the Akkadian Text and the Tale of the Hero Who Was Exposed at Birth
Description: American Schools of Oriental Research, 1980. Softcover. ISBN: 0897571045. Light creasing to wraps. Spine browned. Minor edgewear to extremities. Small tear to base of spine. ; The story of Sargon's birth and childhood is given in the "Sargon legend", a Sumerian text purporting to be Sargon's biography. The extant versions are incomplete, but the surviving fragments name Sargon's father as La'ibum. ; American Schools of Oriental Research dissertation series ; no. 4; 298 pages. Very Good- .

Keywords: 0897571045 Akkadian Mythology Near East Near Eastern Studies Mesopotamia Assyria, Babylonia & Sumer


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