The Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur
- ISBN-10
- 9521094966
- ISBN-13
- 9789521094965
- Category
- Akkadian language
- Pages
- 61
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- State Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts
- Author
- Baruch Ottervanger
Description
"The Poor Man of Nippur is an Akkadian story dating from around 1500 BC."--Google.
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