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Am-ra the Ta-an

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StateYouthful writingSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units5Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Am-raAm-ra of the Ta-an — first-person Ta-an protagonist in the incomplete prehistoric fragmentOn Page4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 366

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Xerox of Howard manuscript — TSS 20758, 20759, 20760, 20761Xerox of Howard manuscript
Extent4 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 4 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 20758, 20759, 20760, 20761

Xerox of original (XO); notes identify the original as handwritten from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 57–60

Glenn Lord retype — Am-ra the Ta-anSecondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 preservation/reproduction page

TSS: 15290

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source physical description: SS TW.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · Am-ra the Ta-an · TSS 15290

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 366Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 366

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗