The city of rainbows : a tale from ancient Sumer /

Foster, Karen Polinger, 1950-

The city of rainbows : a tale from ancient Sumer / retold and illustrated by Karen Foster. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1999. - 28 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 28).

The sage and benevolent King Mer-kar, who ruled Uruk in Mesopotamia about 2700 B.C. and who was a royal ancestor of Gilgamesh, triumphs over the foolish King Sukesh-danna of Aratta.

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