Acknowledgments
Introduction
Previous Scholarship on the Text of Ludlul
The Reconstruction of the Text of Ludlul
šubš-mešre-šakkan and the Composition of Ludlul
A Brief Interpretive Summary of Ludlul
Some Linguistic and Literary Features of Ludlul
Ludlul and ‘Wisdom’
Ludlul as Religious Text
On the Present Volume
Manuscripts
Manuscripts Listed Alphabetically
Manuscripts Presented by Content
Manuscripts Listed by Geographical Origin
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Cuneiform Text
Tablet I
Tablet II
Tablet III
Tablet IV
Transliteration
Tablet I
Tablet II
Tablet III
Tablet IV
Translation
Tablet I
Tablet II
Tablet III
Tablet IV
Glossary and Indices
Logograms and Their Readings
Glossary
Index of Names (Personal, Place and Divine)
Sign List