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Babylonia under the Sealand and Kassite Dynasties
Av Susanne Paulus, Tim Clayden
Inbunden, 2020
1506 kr
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Babylonia in the second half of the 2nd millennium BCE is one of the most understudied periods of Mesopotamian history. In the last few years, discoveries of new texts and archaeological materials from the Sealand Dynasty have emerged, which expand the possibilities to fill this gap in our …
First Dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia
Häftad, 2019
350 kr
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The Sealand kingdom arose from the rebellion against Babylonian hegemony in the latter half of the 18th century BCE., forcing it to share power over Sumer and Akkad. Although its kings maintained themselves throughout the turmoil leading to the demise of the Amorite dynasty at Babylon, it remains …
L'économie de la Babylonie à l'époque hellénistique (IVème - IIème siècle avant J.C.)
Inbunden, 2017
3472 kr
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Despite the interest that has been shown by classicists and assyriologists in the economy of Lower Mesopotamia during the two centuries of Macedonian rule over the region (331-129 B.C.), no synoptic study has previously been published, even though abundant sources are available: several thousand …
Materiality of Divine Agency
Av Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Karen Sonik
Inbunden, 2015
1432 kr
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Two topics of current critical interest, agency and materiality, are here explored in the context of their intersection with the divine. Specific case studies, emphasizing the ancient Near East but including treatments also of the European Middle Ages and ancient Greece, elucidate the nature and …
Textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
A Study of Terminology
Inbunden, 2018
2141 kr
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This book brings together our present-day knowledge about textile terminology in the Akkadian language of the first-millennium BC. In fact, the progress in the study of the Assyrian dialect and its grammar and lexicon has shown the increasing importance of studying the language as well as …
First Ninety Years
A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil
Av Lluis Feliu, Fumi Karahashi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2469 kr
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This volume is dedicated to Miguel Civil in celebration of his 90th birthday. Civil has been one of the most influential scholars in the field of Sumerian studies over the course of his long career. This anniversary presents a welcome occasion to reflect on some aspects of the field in which he has …
Principles of Akkadian Textual Criticism
Häftad, 2016
343 kr
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Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) is a peer-reviewed series devoted to the publication of monographs pertaining to all aspects of the history, culture, literature, religion, art, and archaeology of the Ancient Near East, from the earliest historical periods to Late Antiquity. The aim …
History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia
Three Essays
Inbunden, 2017
1577 kr
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These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used …
Much Ado about Marduk
Questioning Discourses of Royalty in First Millennium Mesopotamian Literature
Inbunden, 2017
1753 kr
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Scholars often assume that the nature of Mesopotamian kingship was such that questioning royal authority was impossible. This volume challenges that general assumption, by presenting an analysis of the motivations,methods, and motifs behind a scholarly discourse about kingship that arose in the …
Ox of One's Own
Royal Wives and Religion at the Court of the Third Dynasty of Ur
Inbunden, 2017
1791 kr
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Shulgi-simti is an important example of a woman involved in sponsoring religious activities though having a family life. An Ox of One’s Own will be of interest to Assyriologists, particularly those interested in Early Mesopotamia, and scholars working on women in religion. An Ox of One’s Own …
Year of Vengeance
Time, Narrative, and the Old Assyrian Trade
Inbunden, 2017
1744 kr
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Despite siginificant advances in annual chronology, the Old Assyrian trade fundamentally lacked a regime of time at the level of the merchant’s commercial and personal activities. In this book, Stratford sets out to recapture time through narrative, drawing on the relationship between the two …
Year of Vengeance
Volume 2: Text Editions
Inbunden, 2025
1638 kr
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This study proposes a new historical approach to Old Assyrian economic texts and archives – most especially the archive of Pūšu-kēn. Drawing on the work of Paul Ricoeur, it seeks to understand economic documents and interactions from within an historico-narrative framework. Rather than treating the …
Splintered Divine
A Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East
Häftad, 2017
346 kr
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Religion and Ideology in Assyria
Häftad, 2017
328 kr
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Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, this book reconstructs the cultural discourse of Assyria from the third through the first millennium BCE. Ideology is delineated here as a subdiscourse of religion rather than …
Relations of Power in Early Neo-Assyrian State Ideology
Häftad, 2017
392 kr
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This volume examines the state ideology of Assyria in the Early Neo-Assyrian period (934-745 BCE) focusing on how power relations between the Mesopotamian deities, the Assyrian king, and foreign lands are described and depicted. It undertakes a close reading of delimited royal inscriptions and …
First Dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia
Inbunden, 2018
1563 kr
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The Sealand kingdom arose from the rebellion against Babylonian hegemony in the latter half of the 18th century BCE., forcing it to share power over Sumer and Akkad. Although its kings maintained themselves throughout the turmoil leading to the demise of the Amorite dynasty at Babylon, it remains …
Officials and Administration in the Hittite World
Inbunden, 2018
1701 kr
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There are few studies that deal with an overall treatment of the Hittite administrative system, and various other works on its offices and officials have tended to be limited in scope, focusing only on certain groups or certain time periods. This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the …
Translation as Scholarship
Language, Writing, and Bilingual Education in Ancient Babylonia
Inbunden, 2019
1753 kr
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In the first half of the 2d millennium BCE, translation occasionally depicted semantically incongruous correspondences. Such cases reflect ancient scribes substantiating their virtuosity with cuneiform writing by capitalizing on phonologic, graphemic, semantic, and other resemblances in the …
Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East
Av Brigitte Lion, Cécile Michel
Häftad, 2018
478 kr
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Economic history is well documented in Assyriology, thanks to the preservation of dozens of thousands of clay tablets recording administrative operations, contracts and acts dealing with family law. Despite these voluminous sources, the topic of work and the contribution of women have rarely been …
Disputation Literature in the Near East and Beyond
Av Enrique Jiménez, Catherine Mittermayer
Inbunden, 2020
1695 kr
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Disputation literature is a type of text in which usually two non-human entities (such as trees, animals, drinks, or seasons) try to establish their superiority over each other by means of a series of speeches written in an elaborate, flowery register. As opposed to other dialogue literature, in …
Establishing Value
Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia
Inbunden, 2019
1563 kr
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This book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2,000 BCE). The vast corpus of cuneiform records from this period sheds light on the various mechanisms behind the development of this cultural innovation. Weighing became the …
Untersuchungen Zur Schreibkultur Mesopotamiens Im 1. Jahrtausend V. Chr.
Inbunden, 2022
1791 kr
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Women and Religion in the Ancient Near East and Asia
Av Nicole Maria Brisch, Fumi Karahashi
Inbunden, 2023
1450 kr
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History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia
Three Essays
Häftad, 2019
329 kr
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These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used …
How To Do Things With Tears
Ritual Lamenting in Ancient Mesopotamia
Av Paul Delnero
Inbunden, 2020
1905 kr
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In contrast to other traditions, cultic laments in Mesopotamia were not performed in response to a tragic event, such as a death or a disaster, but instead as a preemptive ritual to avert possible catastrophes. Mesopotamian laments provide a unique insight into the relationship between humankind …
Economy and Society of Ancient Mesopotamia
Av Steven Garfinkle, Gonzalo Rubio
Inbunden, 2027
1730 kr
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The study of the ancient economy is receiving renewed scholarly interest, but the rich documentation from ancient Mesopotamia is often absent from these discussions. In this volume, six scholars survey the evidence across three millennia of cuneiform archives to present a detailed picture of the …
Society and the Individual in Ancient Mesopotamia
Av Laura Culbertson, Gonzalo Rubio
Inbunden, 2024
1840 kr
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This book provides an overview of social life in ancient Mesopotamia, bringing together leading experts to survey key social domains of daily life as well as major non-dominant social groups. It serves as a point of entry to the current research in this field.
Scholars and Scholarship in Ancient Mesopotamia
Av Gonzalo Rubio, Klaus Wagensonner
Inbunden, 2028
1620 kr
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This book provides an overview of intellectual and academic life in ancient Mesopotamia, bringing together leading experts to survey the education system, history of the scribal industry, key organization and outputs of scholarship, and major areas of intellectual inquiry. It serves as a point of …
Debt and Indebtedness at Emar
Inbunden, 2023
1961 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive study of debts and credit system at Emar. It focuses on the socio-economic aspects of credit access and indebtedness as well as on the motivations behind debts and debt settlement in the city of Emar. The credit system is analyzed through several factors: the …
Enki and the World Order
A Sumerian Myth
Inbunden, 2024
2052 kr
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"Enki and the World Order," a Sumerian myth from the early second millennium BCE, depicts the god Enki's reconstitution of the Sumerian world after an unspecified catastrophe. The myth ends with a face-off between Enki and the goddess of love and war, Inana, who is dissatisfied with Enki's …
