Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Series Editor’s Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. List of Abbreviations xvii
7. Catalog 1
8. 1. Introduction 19
9. 2. Historical Background 20
10. 3. The Nippur Curriculum 23
11. 4. The Sumerian Elementary Curriculum Outside Nippur 26
12. 5. The Rosen School Tablets 36
13. 6. Signatures 55
14. 7. Conclusion 56
15. 8. Conventions 58
16. Transliterations, Translations, and Remarks
17. 1. Sign Exercise Lists 59
18. 2. Sumerian Personal Name Lists 74
19. 3. Akkadian Personal Name Lists 103
20. 4. Mixed Personal Name Lists 127
21. 5. Legal Phrasebooks 129
22. 6. Ura 1: Wooden Items 130
23. 7. Ura 2: Crafts 143
24. 8. Ura 3: Domestic and Wild Animals, Cuts of Meat 152
25. 9. Ura 4: Stones; Plants; Birds; Fish; Textiles 163
26. 10. Ura 5: Geography 170
27. 11. Ura 6: Food Items 173
28. 12. Thematic, Other 176
29. 13. Advanced Sign Lists 177
30. 14. List of Human Beings 180
31. 15. Acrographic Lists 195
32. 16. Ugumu 201
33. 17. God Lists 202
34. 18. Proverbs 212
35. 19. Model Contracts 220
36. 20. Literature 221
37. 21. Undetermined Lists 242
38. Appendix 247
39. References 251
40. Plates 257