{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_ane_sum_sum08_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_ane_sum_sum08_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_ane_sum_sum08_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/sum/sum08.htm","summary":"One of the most difficult groups of concepts to identify and interpret is that represented by the Sumerian word kur. That one of its primary meanings is \"mountain\" is attested by the fact that the sign used for it is actually a pictograph representing a mountain. From the meaning \"mountain\" developed that of \"foreign land,\" since the mountainous countries bordering Sumer were a constant menace to its people.","tags":["Ancient Mesopotamia","Cuneiform Writing","Samuel Noah Kramer","Sumerian Mythology"],"text":null,"title":"Sumerian Mythology: Chapter III. Myths of Kur","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East","translated_text":null,"word_count":6744}