Mesopotamian Storytelling
Workshops
2008 programme
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Learn and listen to the ancient stories of Mesopotamia and
experience the music of the harp. Discover the literature of
Sumer, Assyria and Babylon written in the Akkadian language. See
the clay tablets of King Ashurbanipal’s library in the British
Museum. Write cuneiform signs on wet clay tablets like the
scribes who lived beside the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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For further information
about the workshops, including details of the fees, booking, venues and
organisers, click here or on the
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ZIPANG
modern Mesopotamian storytellers
From the left:
June Peters, a
professional teller of stories from many cultures
Tara Jaff, a
Kurdish musician
Fran Hazelton,
author of 'Stories from ancient Iraq" |
The Enheduanna Society
Founding Patron:
Dr Jeremy Black
Patrons: Dr
Harriet Crawford, Dr Stephanie Dalley, Dr Lamia al-Gailani, Professor Andrew George, Dr Alasdair Livingstone, Dr Mohamed Makiya, Professor Roger Matthews,
Professor Farouk al‑Rawi, Dr Frances Reynolds, Dr Eleanor Robson, Michael Rosen,
Rafik Sabeer,
Jenny Uglow,
Marina Warner,
Michael Wood
Trustees: Dr Mariana Giovino, Ben Griffith, Fran Hazelton, Dilip Jesudasen, Jane Steedman
Registered Charity
No. 1097515
ZIPANG
projects have been supported by various funding bodies, including
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About Zipang
ZIPANG
is an expression from the world's first written language, Sumerian. It means "breath of life".
ZIPANG events
breathe new life into the ancient stories of Sumer, the land that
became Babylon. That land, with its two great rivers - the Tigris and
Euphrates - was named Mesopotamia by the ancient Greeks. Today it is
the Republic of
Iraq.
At ZIPANG events, the stories of ancient Iraq are retold in live performance by
ZIPANG Mesopotamian storytellers.
ZIPANG events are organised by
The Enheduanna Society, an educational charity devoted to popularising the literature of ancient Iraq through the art of oral storytelling.
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Stories from ancient Iraq
"Stories from ancient Iraq" retold by Fran
Hazelton with
an introduction by Dr Stephanie Dalley, cover picture Sadiq Toma and illustrations by Ed Coyne,
is published by The Enheduanna Society.
Available from the
bookshop in the Great Court of the British Museum, Saqi Bookshop,
Amazon and The
Enheduanna Society.
Orders emailed to zipang03@btopenworld.com
will be despatched with an invoice payable within 30 days. Price £6.99 per copy plus £1 p&p.
Or send orders and cheques to
The Enheduanna Society, PO Box 36855,
Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1WB
"Stories from ancient
Iraq" is priced £5 for personal buyers attending
ZIPANG events.
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The Library at Nineveh
You can listen to a Radio 4 programme about
King Ashurbanipal's library by following
this link to the BBC radio archive.
Learn all about those amazing clay tablets
from Enheduanna Society trustees Professor Andrew George and Dr Eleanor
Robson interviewed by Melvyn Bragg.
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