The Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur

by Yigal Bloch

The Poor Man of Nippur is a short tale of 160 lines, telling how a poor man wronged by the governor of his city, Nippur, cunningly takes revenge on his abuser and wrongdoer. The story is told in a sympathetic and humorous way, making it captivating and entertaining reading even by modern standards, and it is of exceptional literary value in the context of Ancient Mesopotamia, where similar humorous or satirical compositions are rare. The tale evidently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9521094966
• ISBN13: 9789521094965
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.8"