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The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
URL: http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/

Description:
This site contains "Sumerian text, English prose translation and bibliographical information" for "over 400 literary works composed in the Sumerian language in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) during the late third and early second millennia BCE." Browsable and searchable. Also includes a selected bibliography on Sumerian literature, related links, and a guide to spelling conventions for proper nouns in the texts. From the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.

Author:
Black, Jeremy, editor

Publisher:
University of Oxford, Oriental Institute

Extra Keywords
transliteration ETCSL

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Sumerian language -- Texts
Sumerian literature

LII Database Information:
Record 18383 created by Sybil Finemel on 11/02/2003
Last modification on 11/06/2003
Published: 11/02/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/18383