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- catalog abstract "Translation and retelling of the Inanna stories from the Sumerian. With the publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital of ancient myths- that of Inanna (known to the Semites as Ishtar), the world's first goddess of recorded history and the beloved deity of the ancient Sumerians. In this groundbreaking work, Samuel Noah Kramer, the preeminent living expert on Sumer, and Diane Wolkstein have retranslated, ordered, and combined the fragmented cuneiform tablets comprising the Cycle of Inanna to created an authentic portrait of the goddess from her adolescence to her completed womanhood and "godship." -- from Back Cover".
- catalog contributor b1218989.
- catalog contributor b1218990.
- catalog created "c1983.".
- catalog date "1983".
- catalog date "c1983.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1983.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 209-212.".
- catalog description "Commentaries: Sumerian history, culture, and literature / by Samuel Noah Kramer -- The discovery and decipherment of 'The descent of Inanna' / by Samuel Noah Kramer -- Interpretation of Inanna's stories and hymns / by Diane Wolkstein -- Annotations of the art / by Elizabeth Williams-Forte.".
- catalog description "Inanna's stories and hymns: The Huluppa-tree -- Inanna and the god of wisdom -- The courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi -- The descent of Inanna -- Seven hymns to Inanna.".
- catalog description "PARTIAL CONTENTS: Inanna's stories and hymns -- Commentaries.".
- catalog description "Translation and retelling of the Inanna stories from the Sumerian.".
- catalog description "With the publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital of ancient myths- that of Inanna (known to the Semites as Ishtar), the world's first goddess of recorded history and the beloved deity of the ancient Sumerians. In this groundbreaking work, Samuel Noah Kramer, the preeminent living expert on Sumer, and Diane Wolkstein have retranslated, ordered, and combined the fragmented cuneiform tablets comprising the Cycle of Inanna to created an authentic portrait of the goddess from her adolescence to her completed womanhood and "godship." -- from Back Cover".
- catalog extent "xix, 227 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Inanna, queen of heaven and earth.".
- catalog identifier "006014713X :".
- catalog identifier "0060908548 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Inanna, queen of heaven and earth.".
- catalog issued "1983".
- catalog issued "c1983.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engsux".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harper & Row,".
- catalog relation "Inanna, queen of heaven and earth.".
- catalog subject "299/.92 19".
- catalog subject "BL1616.I5 W64 1983".
- catalog subject "Goddesses.".
- catalog subject "Inanna (Sumerian deity) Poetry.".
- catalog subject "Inanna (Sumerian deity)".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Sumerian.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Commentaries: Sumerian history, culture, and literature / by Samuel Noah Kramer -- The discovery and decipherment of 'The descent of Inanna' / by Samuel Noah Kramer -- Interpretation of Inanna's stories and hymns / by Diane Wolkstein -- Annotations of the art / by Elizabeth Williams-Forte.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Inanna's stories and hymns: The Huluppa-tree -- Inanna and the god of wisdom -- The courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi -- The descent of Inanna -- Seven hymns to Inanna.".
- catalog tableOfContents "PARTIAL CONTENTS: Inanna's stories and hymns -- Commentaries.".
- catalog title "Inanna, queen of heaven and earth : her stories and hymns from Sumer / Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer ; art compiled by Elizabeth Williams-Forte.".
- catalog type "Poetry. fast".
- catalog type "text".