How to do things with tears : ritual lamenting in ancient Mesopotamia

1. Verfasser: Delnero, Paul , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020].
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (VIII, 668 pages).
Schriftenreihe: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records 26
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: How to do things with tears (Print version)
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Doing Things with Tears
  • Chapter 2 Lamenting in the Early Second Millennium
  • Chapter 3 Writing and the Performance of Sumerian Laments
  • Chapter 4 Emotion and Sumerian Laments
  • Chapter 5 Sound and Meaning in Sumerian Laments
  • Chapter 6 Conclusion - the Cultural Function of Mesopotamian Lamenting
  • Appendix 1 Edition of uru2-am3-ma-i-ra-bi (Kirugus 1-5)
  • Appendix 2 Catalogue and List of Old Babylonian Sources for Sumerian Laments by Type
  • Appendix 3 Lists of Phonetic Writings in Phonetically Written Lament Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index