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Excerpt from Symbols of Prehistoric Mesopotamia
Concerned primarily with the period before there were written texts, the book is not written for the philologist. In the two concluding chapters, however, I have turned to the texts of later periods to ensure that the religious ideas which seem to me to appear in the Prehistoric Period are not more highly developed than the situation in later periods warrants. While I have made my own independent translation of a few texts, usually I have relied on the best published translations I have been able to find. In some cases I have been exceedingly fortunate to have the assistance of Professor Ferris J. Stephens of Yale. The knowledge of Sumerian and Akkadian, however, has not yet progressed to a point where scholars easily agree in the reading of texts, and the translations I present, like all translations I can find, serve simply for working convenience.
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Concerned primarily with the period before there were written texts, the book is not written for the philologist. In the two concluding chapters, however, I have turned to the texts of later periods to ensure that the religious ideas which seem to me to appear in the Prehistoric Period are not more highly developed than the situation in later periods warrants. While I have made my own independent translation of a few texts, usually I have relied on the best published translations I have been able to find. In some cases I have been exceedingly fortunate to have the assistance of Professor Ferris J. Stephens of Yale. The knowledge of Sumerian and Akkadian, however, has not yet progressed to a point where scholars easily agree in the reading of texts, and the translations I present, like all translations I can find, serve simply for working convenience.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Beatrice Laura Goff
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780331841497
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 483
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ISBN - 9780282396459
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Page Count - 485
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