Chapter 3 Writing and the Performance of Sumerian Laments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Chapter 1 Doing Things with Tears 1
4. Chapter 2 Lamenting in the Early Second Millennium 41
5. Chapter 3 Writing and the Performance of Sumerian Laments 106
6. Chapter 4 Emotion and Sumerian Laments 174
7. Chapter 5 Sound and Meaning in Sumerian Laments 225
8. Chapter 6 Conclusion – the Cultural Function of Mesopotamian Lamenting 295
9. Appendix 1 Edition of uru₂-am₃-ma-i-ra-bi (Kirugus 1–5) 307
10. Appendix 2 Catalogue and List of Old Babylonian Sources for Sumerian Laments by Type 379
11. Appendix 3 Lists of Phonetic Writings in Phonetically Written Lament Sources 521
12. Bibliography 651
13. Index 663