Preface
1. Introduction
1.1 History of research
1.2 The manuscripts
1.3 Orthography
1.4 The structure of the Zame Hymns
1.5 The gods of the Zame Hymns and their cities
1.6 The Zame Hymns in the context of early cuneiform literature
1.7 The ‘Sitz im Leben’ of the Zame Hymns
2. Survey of Toponyms and Theonyms
3. List of Manuscripts of the Zame Hymns
4. Transliteration and Translation
5. Score
6. Commentary
7. Indices
8. Appendix: Colophons and Scribes
8.1 Some general remarks on the colophons and the scribes
8.2 The colophons from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ
8.3 The colophons from Fāra and other Early Dynastic cities
8.4 The colophons from Ebla
9. Abbreviations
10. Bibliography
11. Maps of Sumer and Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ
12. Synopsis of the Cuneiform Manuscripts of the Zame Hymns