Memorization and the Transmission of Sumerian Literary Compositions

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Next article No AccessArticleMemorization and the Transmission of Sumerian Literary Compositions*Paul DelneroPaul DelneroThe Johns Hopkins University Search for more articles by this author *Special thanks are due to Daniel Fleming, Christian Hess, Jacob Lauinger, Eleanor Robson, Christopher Woods, Martin Worthington, Gábor Zólyomi, and an anonymous reviewer for their insightful criticism of an earlier draft, which was invaluable in revising this article.PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 71, Number 2October 2012 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/666645 Views: 75Total views on this site Citations: 12Citations are reported from Crossref © 2012 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Charlotte de Varent Small numerical variations in a set of similar problems from Nippur on the area of the square, Historia Mathematica 58 (Feb 2022): 35–70.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2021.07.004Cynthia McCallister “The Rise of the Phoenix”: Empowering Learners to Create Their Own Learning Cultures and Transform Their School, International Journal of Educational Reform 30, no.44 (Feb 2021): 379–394.https://doi.org/10.1177/1056787921991513 , ( 2020): 353.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118638477.biblioPavel Pavlovitch , ( 2020): 113.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118638477.ch6Michael Clarke Achilles beside Gilgamesh, 156 (Nov 2019).https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108667968Eleanor Robson The Clay Tablet Book in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia, (Aug 2019): 173–190.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119018193.ch12Oliver Weingarten INTERTEXTUALITY AND MEMORY IN EARLY CHINESE WRITINGS: A CASE STUDY FROM HUAINANZI, Early China 42 (Oct 2019): 201–236.https://doi.org/10.1017/eac.2019.4Christine Proust How Did Mathematics Masters Work Four Thousand Years Ago? Curricula and Progressions in Mesopotamia, (Nov 2019): 61–88.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20393-1_4Paul Delnero Scholarship and Inquiry in Early Mesopotamia, Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History 2, no.22 (Jun 2016): 109–143.https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2016-0008 Editor’s Note, Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 15, no.11 (Sep 2015): 1–3.https://doi.org/10.1163/15692124-12341266Alain Bernard, Christine Proust, Micah Ross Mathematics Education in Antiquity, (Nov 2013): 27–53.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9155-2_3Rita Watson Archaic lists, writing and mind, Pragmatics & Cognition 21, no.33 (Jul 2015): 484–504.https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.21.3.04wat