# Jerrold S. Cooper 2016: Sumerian Literature and Sumerian Identity

> Jerrold S. Cooper, 2016. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. In K. Ryholt and G. Barjamovic (eds), Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation…

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# Sumerian Literature and Sumerian Identity

Jerrold S. Cooper, 2016.

**Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian** Chapter0

## What it's used for here

In K. Ryholt and G. Barjamovic (eds), Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, CNI Publications 43, Museum Tusculanum Press. Says the Early Dynastic literary texts, above all the UD.GAL.NUN compositions, are very hard to understand and probably fell out of use before Ur III, and that the origin of much of the Old Babylonian Sumerian corpus is unknown because spelling and grammar were modernised in transmission. Used for a senior Sumerologist's statement of how much remains unread.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[The Fara (Shuruppak) UD.GAL.NUN literary tablets](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDQYAH6140/the-fara-shuruppak-ud-gal-nun-literary-tablets)

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[Cooper judges the UD.GAL.NUN compositions very hard to understand and thinks they left the curriculum before Ur III…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEDYSNXZZ9Q/cooper-judges-the-ud-gal-nun-compositions-very-hard-to)

Evidence

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[The unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Jerrold S. Cooper (2016). Sumerian Literature and Sumerian Identity. https://krieger2.jhu.edu/neareast/pdf/jcooper/Cooper,%20Jerrold%20-%20Sumerian%20Literature%20and%20Identity%20-%202016.pdf
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[Find it at krieger2.jhu.edu](https://krieger2.jhu.edu/neareast/pdf/jcooper/Cooper,%20Jerrold%20-%20Sumerian%20Literature%20and%20Identity%20-%202016.pdf)

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