The Eršema Prayers of the First Millennium BC. By Uri Gabbay. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien, vol. 2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015. Pp. xv + 375, 30 pls. €89.

The God Enki in Sumerian Royal Ideology and Mythology. By Peeter Espak. Philippika, vol. 87. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015. Pp. xviii + 235. €52.

Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual Sources. By Julia M. Asher-Greve and Joan Goodnick Westenholz. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, vol. 259. Fribourg: Academic Press, 2013. Pp. xii + 454, illus. €106.

The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur. By Nili Samet. Mesopotamian Civilizations, vol. 18. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2014. Pp. xii + 286, 29 plts. $89.50.

A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts. By John L. Hays. Aids and Research Tools in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, vol. 5. 3rd ed. Malibu, CA: unDena publications, 2018. Pp. vi + 579. $50.

“Quando in alto i cieli...”: La spiritualità mesopotamica a confronto con quella biblica. By Giorgio Buccellati. Il paese delle quattro rive, Corpus Mesopotamico, vol. 4. Milan: Jaca Book, 2012. Pp. xxv + 323. €28.

Sumerian Model Contracts from the Old Babylonian Period in the Hilprecht Collection Jena. By Gabriella Spada. Texte und Materialien der Hilprecht Collection, vol. 11. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2018. Pp. x + 126, 32 pls. €78.

“The Rules of the School,” or Eduba R, is a previously unedited Sumerian literary composition that describes a day in the life of an Old Babylonian student. In this paper, we examine the nature of Eduba R, its place within the corpus of scribal life texts, and its pedagogical role within the Old Babylonian scribal school curriculum as a whole. In addition, we publish a transliteration, translation, commentary, and photos of the two primary manuscripts of the composition.

Visualizing Emotions in the Ancient Near East. Edited by Sara Kipfer. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, vol. 285. Fribourg: Academic Press, 2017. Pp. viii + 293, illus.