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100 1 a| Wisnom, Laura Selena,d| 1986-e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjM9pmYf33pc4tg8PqYMKb=| ^A1482049;

245 14 a| The library of ancient wisdom :b| Mesopotamia and the making of the modern world /c| Selena Wisnom.;

264 1 a| Chicago, IL :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| 2025.;

300 a| xliii, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| colour illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria's last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned to the ground, and its contents, clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing, lay buried for thousands of years until a team of Victorian archaeologists discovered the remnants in modern-day Iraq. The clay had baked and hardened; the very fire that consumed the library had helped its texts to survive for millennia. In THE LIBRARY OF ANCIENT WISDOM, scholar Selena Wisnom, one of only a few hundred experts able to read cuneiform script today, guides us inside this important collection and, through its contents, brings ancient Mesopotamia and its people to life."-- Jacket flap;

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The library of ancient wisdom : Mesopotamia and the making of the modern world / Selena Wisnom.

Author/creator	Wisnom, Laura Selena, 1986- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xliii, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C.--Library. Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C. Libraries--Iraq. --Nineveh (Extinct city). Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. Cuneiform writing. Assyria--Civilization. Iraq--Civilization. --To 634.

Contents	The scribal art -- The power of the gods -- Magic and witchcraft -- The treatment of disease -- Reading the signs -- Messages in the stars -- Literature -- The waging of war -- Lamentation -- A day in the life of Ashurbanipal -- Epilogue: The afterlife of cuneiform culture.
Abstract	"The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria's last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned to the ground, and its contents, clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing, lay buried for thousands of years until a team of Victorian archaeologists discovered the remnants in modern-day Iraq. The clay had baked and hardened; the very fire that consumed the library had helped its texts to survive for millennia. In THE LIBRARY OF ANCIENT WISDOM, scholar Selena Wisnom, one of only a few hundred experts able to read cuneiform script today, guides us inside this important collection and, through its contents, brings ancient Mesopotamia and its people to life."-- Jacket flap
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Wisnom, Laura Selena, 1986- Library of ancient wisdom. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2025 9780226826226
ISBN	9780226822556 hardback
ISBN	0226822559 hardback
ISBN	electronic bk.

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