ISBN: 9780198152460

London: Luzac & Co.,, 1928. First edition thus, first impression, of this "comprehensive" (ODNB) translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh, written while he was a fellow at Merton College. Th… More...

London: Luzac & Co.,, 1928. First edition thus, first impression, of this "comprehensive" (ODNB) translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh, written while he was a fellow at Merton College. This London edition precedes the Oxford edition of the same translation by a year. Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876-1941) worked for the British Museum in Mesopotamia in 1904. As an archaeologist, he excavated thousands of artefacts and discovered the remains of the temple of Nabu in Nineveh. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest works of literature known, and an important record of Mesopotamian mythology. The most complete version survives in Assyrian tablets from the seventh century BCE, now held at the British Museum, though Sumerian fragments of the story survive from the third millennium BCE. Their discovery was controversial in the 19th century because the Epic included a telling of the Great Flood, in a text which may have anteceded the Old Testament. Large octavo. Original grey quarter cloth, grey paper covered boards, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Spine and boards toned, spine with white marks, boards bowed, a couple of corners worn, minor foxing to contents. A good copy., 1928, 0, Oxford University Press, USA, 1999. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 352 pages. 12.25x9.00x1.00 inches., Oxford University Press, USA, 1999, 6<

1999, ISBN: 9780198152460

Clarendon Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Illustrated, 350 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-07-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: numerous figures, 2.16 kg, Sozialwissenschaft, Kateg… More...

Clarendon Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Illustrated, 350 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-07-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: numerous figures, 2.16 kg, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Archäologie, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Mathematik, Verschiedenes, Allgemein, Klassische Antike, Epochen, Politik & Geschichte, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Taschenbücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4201, Format: Illustriert, Clarendon Press, 1999<

1999, ISBN: 9780198152460

Paperback

Softcover, 1st edition. 352 pages. 12.25x9.00x1.00 inches., Neubuch, [ED: 1], [PU: Oxford University Press, USA]