Education in Early 2nd Millennium BC Babylonia
Biographical note
Alexandra Kleinerman, Ph.D. (2009) in Assyriology, the Johns Hopkins University, is the Rosen Foundation Faculty Associate, Jonathan and Jeannette Rosen Ancient Near Eastern Seminar, Cornell University. Her work includes publications in both Sumerian literature and socio-economic history.
Readership
All those interested in Mesopotamian history, the history of pedagogy, intellectual history, the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, and the epistolary genre.
Table of contents
Chapter I. Introduction
Chapter II. Content
Chapter III. Compilation
Chapter IV. Curriculum
Chapter V. Correspondence
Chapter VI. Editions
Appendix 1: Textual Matrices
Chapter II. Content
Chapter III. Compilation
Chapter IV. Curriculum
Chapter V. Correspondence
Chapter VI. Editions
Appendix 1: Textual Matrices
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