W. G. Lambert was a leading Assyriologist, and this Oxford University Press volume is his standard critical edition and translation of the Akkadian wisdom literature corpus, including the Great Hymn to Shamash, established from the cuneiform tablets themselves. Its authority is foundational, Lambert's edition has remained the standard scholarly reference point for this corpus for decades, cited across Assyriology and comparative studies of ancient Near Eastern wisdom traditions. Its limit is its age, later tablet discoveries and philological advances since 1960 have refined some individual readings, so a claim needing the most current text-critical detail on a specific passage should be checked against more recent Assyriological scholarship.
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Published by Oxford University Press as W. G. Lambert's standard scholarly edition of Babylonian wisdom texts, peer reviewed university-level Assyriology. NotesThe standard critical edition and translation of the Akkadian wisdom corpus, including the Great Hymn to Shamash.
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AuthorW. G. Lambert
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year1960
Source TypeCritical edition
Claims Backed By This Source (34 claims)
This source backs 34 claims across the atlas. As facts: 23 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Other Writings, 14 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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