Suter Claudia E (8 results)

lg. in-8vo, XXXI + 395 p. + 54 plates + 7 leaves (publ. book-list), hellblauer Original-Pappband, / orig. hardcover. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 2000. xiv, 437pp. B&W images, figure and charts tipped into the back cover. Unclipped jacket and book in excellent condition. Minor shelf wear to the top edge of the cover. No inspection. PLEASE NOTE: Heavy book so extra will be needed for shipping to non-UK customers. "Gudea of Lagash, who ruled at the end of the third millennium B.C., wanted to be remembered as a temple builder. An extensive narrative inscribed on two huge clay cylinders, one of the longest and best preserved Sumerian texts, recounts his construction of the temple of Ningirsu, Lagash's patron deity. More than sixty sculpted limestone fragments belong to several stelae erected in the temples Gudea built and depict their construction. A large number of inscribed and often sculpted, artifacts provide additional information on Gudea's activities. This study treats this visual and textual material as a coherent corpus for the first time. It analyses contents, narrative structure, composition and message. Text and image are compared to elucidate the characteristics of each medium and to arrive at a comprehensive picture of the royal rhetoric of the time. The book includes a catalogue of all artifacts, and a translation of selected text passages.".…

Condition: sehr gut. XIV, 437 S., Abb., 3 Beil., 25 cm, Text Englisch und Sumerisch, Schutzumschlag, Sprache: Englisch.

gr. in-8vo, XXXI + 395 p. + 54 plates, hellblauer Original-Pappband, / orig. hardcover. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 210); Orig.-Leinen, XXXI, 395 S. mit zahlr. Abbildungen im Text; , LIV Tafeln; enthält Beiträge in englisch und deutsch; sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar; very good copy.

Rare. Cuneiform Monographs 17. Styx Publications, Groningen, 2000. First edition. In-8, xiv & 437 pages, 3 plates. Original cloth with dust-jacket, a fine copy. Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Mesopotamia.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Groningen, STYX publications, 2000. XIV,437 pp. B./w. figs. Orig. hardcover, d./h. 8vo. (Cuneiform monographs, 17).Rare publication. . - Copy with some personal notes in pencil by the Dutch assyriologist W.P.H.Römer. - - Gudea of Lagash, who ruled at the end of the third millennium B.C., wanted to be remembered as a temple builder. An extensive narrative inscribed on two huge clay cylinders, one of the longest and best preserved Sumerian texts, recounts his construction of the temple of Ningirsu, Lagash's patron deity. More than sixty sculpted limestone fragments belong to several stelae erected in the temples Gudea built and depict their construction. A large number of inscribed and often sculpted, artifacts provide additional information on Gudea's activities. This study treats this visual and textual material as a coherent corpus for the first time. It analyses contents, narrative structure, composition and message. Text and image are compared to elucidate the characteristics of each medium and to arrive at a comprehensive picture of the royal rhetoric of the time. The book includes a catalogue of all artifacts, and a translation of selected text passages.…