Oh Angry Sea = (a-ab-ba hu-luh-ha) : The History of a Sumerian Congregational Lament [Over the Destruction of cities]

Kutscher, Raphael. Oh Angry Sea = (a-ab-ba hu-luh-ha) : The History of a Sumerian Congregational Lament [Over the Destruction of cities]. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. First edition. Octavo. xvi, 178pp. Index and glossary. Blue dust jacket lettered in black, over blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated with 9 plates related to clay tablets (7, are photographs). A near fine copy.

Kutscher traces the development of the literary tradition tht links the Sumerian lamentations… through nearly two millenia. (Jacket)

Contents: Introduction: Sumerian congregational laments over the destruction of cities — 1. The individual texts of a-ab-ba hu-luh-ha ; external data — Textual questions — The history of the reconstructed text in the light of the separate recensions — Syllabic orthography — The epithets of Enlil — The texts. near fine in near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. (51605) $75