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050 00 DS69.5|b.O6 1964 
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100 1  Oppenheim, A. Leo,|d1904-1974. 
245 10 Ancient Mesopotamia: portrait of a dead civilization /|cby
       A. Leo Oppenheim. 
264  1 Chicago :|bUniversity of Chicago Press|c[1964] 
300    ix, 433 pages :|billustrations, maps (1 folded in pocket) 
       portrait ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 353-
       378) "Bibliographical notes": pages 379-387. 
505 0  Pt. 1. The making of Mesopotamia. The background -- The 
       setting -- The actors -- The world around -- Pt. 2. Go to,
       let us build us a city and a tower. The social texture -- 
       Economic facts -- "The great organizations" -- The city --
       Urbanism -- Pt. 3. Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur. 
       Historical sources or literature -- An essay on Babylonian
       history -- An essay on Assyrian history -- Pt. 4. Nah ist-
       und schwer zu fassen der gott. Why a "Mesopotamian 
       religion" should not be written -- The care and feeding of
       the gods -- Mesopotamian "psychology" -- The arts of the 
       diviner -- Pt. 5. Laterculis coctilibus. The meaning of 
       writing -- The scribes -- The creative effort -- Patterns 
       in non-literary texts -- Pt. 6. There are many strange 
       wonders, but nothing more wonderful than man. Medicine and
       physicians -- Mathematics and astronomy -- Craftsmen and 
       artists. 
650  0 Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. 
651  0 Iraq|xCivilization|yTo 634. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aOppenheim, A. Leo, 1904-1974.|tAncient 
       Mesopotamia: portrait of a dead civilization.|dChicago, 
       University of Chicago Press [1964]|w(OCoLC)579406760 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aOppenheim, A. Leo, 1904-1974.|tAncient 
       Mesopotamia: portrait of a dead civilization.|dChicago, 
       University of Chicago Press [1964]|w(OCoLC)610175060 
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