It takes the average reader 8 hours and 33 minutes to read The Harps that Once-- by Thorkild Jacobsen
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Sumerian, the oldest language known, is represented by hundreds of thousands of clay tablets inscribed in the cuneiform writing system. Most of the tablets are devoted to mundane matters- ration lists, annual accounts, deeds, contracts- but a substantial number contain examples of perhaps the earliest poetry extant. In this volume, the eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen presents translations of some of these ancient poems, including a number of compositions that have never before been published in translation. "What a wonderful bouquet; a gift to us all from a master Sumeriologist, a...
The Harps that Once-- by Thorkild Jacobsen is 498 pages long, and a total of 128,484 words.
This makes it 168% the length of the average book. It also has 157% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 42 minutes to read The Harps that Once-- aloud.
The Harps that Once-- is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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