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Benjamin R. Foster

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September 15, 1945

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Benjamin R. Foster is Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature. His research interests focus on cuneiform literature and the social and economic history of Mesopotamia.

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Average rating: 3.89 · 1,118 ratings · 145 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Civilizations of Ancient Iraq by Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature 4.42 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Distant Days: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia 3.92 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gilgamesh: The Norton Anthology World Literature 3.90 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia 4.42 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(The "Epic of Gilgamesh")] [Author: Benjamin R. Foster] published on (February, 2005) 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iraq Beyond The Headlines: History, Archaeology, And War by Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Patty Gerstenblith (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chancellor Chess: Or The New Game Of Chess (1889) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Epic of Gilgamesh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Administration and Use of Institutional Land in Sargonic Sumer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Go up, Ur-Shanabi, pace out the walls of Uruk.
Study the foundation terrace and examine the brickwork.
Is not its masonry of kiln-fired brick?
And did not seven masters lay its foundations?
One square mile of city, one square mile of gardens,
One square mile of clay pits, a half square mile of Ishtar's dwelling,
Three and a half square miles is the measure of Uruk!”
― Benjamin R. Foster, The Epic of Gilgamesh

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