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The volume frames research with humanistic and social-scientific approaches, guiding readers from cuneiform tablets to textual understanding. Its structure covers explorations of the mind—learning, numeracy, and memory—followed by themes of passion and discipline, including love, courtship, marriage contracts, and related social practices.","A Mesopotamian Miscellany  \nGorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East  \n15  \n6HULHV (GLWRULDO %RDUG  \n5RQDOG :DOOHQIHOV  \n3DXO &ROOLQV  \n$LGDQ 'RGVRQ  \n$OKHQD *DGRWWL  \n.D\\ .RKOPH\\HU $GDP 0LJOLR %HDWH 3RQJUDW]􀀐/HLVWHQ  \nThis series publishes scholarly research focusing on the societies, material cultures, technologies, religions, and languages that emerged from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant. Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East features studies with both humanistic and social scientific approaches.  \nA Mesopotamian Miscellany  \nKaren Polinger Foster  \nTranslations by  \nBenjamin R. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the prior written permission of Gorgias Press LLC.  \n2020 ܐ  \n1  \nISBN 978-1-4632-4052-3  \nAll tablet images courtesy of the Yale Babylonian Collection; photography by Klaus Wagensonner.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA Cataloging-in-Publication Record is available from the Library of Congress.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nPlates ................................................................................................ ix  \nMap of Places Mentioned .............................................................. xix  \nChronological Table ...................................................................... xxi  \nPreface.......................................................................................... xxiii  \nINTRODUCTION................................................................................ 1  \nFrom Wedges to Words ............................................................. 1  \nGilgamesh as Guide ....................................................................5  \nFor Further Reading ................................................................. 8  \nI. 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