MARC details
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02674cam a22003251i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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399048 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20240212204124.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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720420s1959 nyuabf 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
59002276 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)00399048 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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DLC |
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XY4 |
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BTCTA |
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OCLCG |
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UAB |
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OCLCO |
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OCLCF |
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OCLCQ |
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OCL |
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KFH |
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IL4J6 |
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OCLCO |
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OCLCL |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
DS72 |
| Item number |
.K73x 1959 |
| 080 0# - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Universal Decimal Classification number |
DS72 .K7 1959 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
ARCH YNDC 190 K89H |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kramer, Samuel Noah, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1897-1990, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
14402 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="From the tablets of Sumer">From the tablets of Sumer</a> |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
History begins at Sumer / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Samuel Noah Kramer |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Anchor Books edition |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
247 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, map ; |
| Dimensions |
19 cm |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Doubleday anchor books ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation |
A175 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Published in 1956 under title: From the tablets of Sumer |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Education: First schools -- Schooldays: First case of "Apple-polishing" -- Father and son: First case of juvenile delinquency -- International affairs: First "War of Nerves" -- Government: First bicameral congress -- Civil War in Sumer: First historian -- Social reform: First case of tax reduction -- Law codes: First "Moses" -- Justice: First legal precedent -- Medicine: First pharmacopoeia -- Agriculture: First" Farmer's almanac" -- Horticulture: First experiment in shade-tree gardening -- Philosophy: Man's first cosmogony and cosmology -- Ethics: First moral ideals -- Suffering and submission: First "Job" -- Wisdom: First proverbs and sayings -- "Aesopica": First animal fables -- Logomachy: First literary debates -- Paradise: First biblical parallels -- Flood: First "Noah" -- Hades: First tale of resurrection -- Slaying of the dragon: First "St. George" -- Tales of Gilgamesh: First case of literary borrowing -- Epic literature: Man's first heroic age -- To the royal bridegroom: First love song -- Book lists: First library catalogue -- World peace and harmony: Man's first golden age |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
History Begins at Sumer is the classic account of the achievements of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq during the third millennium B.C. They were the developers of the cuneiform system of writing, perhaps their greatest contribution to civilization, which allowed laws and literature to be recorded for the first time |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sumerians |
| 9 (RLIN) |
14403 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Babylonia |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15368 |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-1990. |
| Uniform title |
From the tablets of Sumer. |
| Title |
History begins at Sumer. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1959 |
| Record control number |
(OCoLC)586048989 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Doubleday anchor books ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation |
A175 |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15369 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Archives |
