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Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C. (Forgotten Books)

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While the text of this book seems interesting, the format is beyond chaotic. Captions that are intended for images too small to see appear as normal text and confuse the reader. At first it seems that whole sections of the book are missing as the captions usually fill two or three pages with the images inserted randomly adjacent. I'd have gotten the same experience if I had simply dumped the text into a file and used my e-reader to view it.

Fascinating information and well documented.
Only disappointment was the minute size of the photographs of the tablets.
Too small to make much out on them. Need full page reproduction.

A must for those interested in ancient Sumerian civilization. Although some textual translations are fragmentary, one gains alot from authoritive epigraphers.

This historic work by a pioneer in the field has been republished with new typesetting - and errors galore. Entire paragraphs and sections appear out of place. It takes a Kramer to reconstitute the original flow. Editor's pre-printing notes and instructions remain in the text. Find a used copy.

The book was in fact a book, so that part of the sale was satisfactory. Getting past the obscure references to articles that arent there, occasionally random letters and numbers just pop up in the text. Another frustrating trait is the books seemingly uncanny ability to know when you are getting interested in a passage, and then stops about 3 parragraphs short of the point. Had this book been written in slightly larger font, completely (with all missing parts) with large representations of the depictions they are trying to explain, then i would expect it to fill at least 2 volumes. This piss poor excuse of a book remains a "Forgotten Text" for a reason. It is nonsensical rubbish. I give it no stars, the one i gave it was because it wouldn't let me proceed without rating it.