Secrets in the Library: Protected Scholarship and Professional Identity in Late Babylonian Uruk
(2013)
Journal Article
Stevens, K. (2013). Secrets in the Library: Protected Scholarship and Professional Identity in Late Babylonian Uruk. IRAQ, 75, 211-253. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021088900000474
Injunctions to secrecy in the colophons of scholarly cuneiform tablets offer potential insights into the classification and protection of knowledge in Mesopotamia. However, most models of a body of “secret knowledge” defined by the so-called “Geheimw... Read More about Secrets in the Library: Protected Scholarship and Professional Identity in Late Babylonian Uruk.