TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Justin Cale
AU  - Geller,Markham J.
TI  - The class reunion: an annotated translation and commentary on the Sumerian dialogue, Two scribes 
T2  - Cuneiform monographs,
SN  - 9789004302105
AV  - PJ4075 .C58 2015
U1  - 899/.95 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Dialogue between Two Scribes
KW  - Criticism, Textual
KW  - Sumerian literature
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references ([301]-314) and index; Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Synthetic Text and Translation -- 3 Textual Criticism and Methodology -- 4 Manuscripts, Partitur and Commentary -- Bibliography -- Index of Akkadian Words -- Index of Sumerian Words -- Subject Index -- Plates; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In The Class Reunion—An Annotated Translation and Commentary on the Sumerian Dialogue Two Scribes, J. Cale Johnson and Markham J. Geller present a critical edition, translation and commentary on the Sumerian scholastic dialogue otherwise known as Two Scribes, Streit zweier Schulabsolventen or Dialogue 1. The two protagonists, the Professor and the Bureaucrat, each ridicule their opponent in alternating speeches, while at the same time scoring points based on their detailed knowledge of Sumerian lexical and literary traditions. But they also represent the two social roles into which nearly all graduates of the Old Babylonian Tablet House typically gained entrance. So the dialogue also reflects on larger themes such as professional identity and the nature of scholastic activity in Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian period (ca. 1800–1600 BCE)
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004302105
ER  -