From the Tablets of Sumer: Twenty-Five Firsts in Man's Recorded History

Samuel Noah Kramer

Published by The Falcon's Wing Press, Indian Hills CO, 1956

About this Item

Hard cover, 2-color printed. Book jacket in shambles. Minimal markings on pages 143, 144 only. Some 50 B&W illustrations including photographs.

Sumerians developed literary, moral, theological, legal and cultural ideals more than 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, and wrote them down on clay tablets using cuneiform. Dr. Kramer identifies and discusses ideas, beliefs and tales that have persisted into modern times.

Seller Inventory # 214

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From the Tablets of Sumer: Twenty-Five Firsts in Man's Recorded History
• Publisher: The Falcon's Wing Press, Indian Hills CO
• Publication Date: 1956
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Poor
• Dimensions: 6W x 8.7H x 1.6D inches 6 inches width by 8.7 inches height by 1.6 inches depth
• Weight: 1.4 pounds