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Recht gestern und heute: Festschrift zum 85. Geburtstag von Richard Haase [Hardback]
Joachim Hengstl (Editor)
$117.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783447053877
Published by : Harrassowitz Verlag
Volume: 13
Richard Haases Berufsalltag ist die richterliche Praxis gewesen, aus der er seinerzeit als Direktor des Amtsgerichts Leonberg in den Ruhestand getreten ist. Daneben war und ist er der Wissenschaft verbunden, und davon zeugen auch heute noch im... .... Learn More -
From the Workshop of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary: Studies Presented to Robert D Biggs [Paperback]
Martha T Roth (Author); Matthew Stopler (Author); Walter Farber (Author)
$40.00ISBN: 9781885923448
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Assyriological Studies
Volume: 27
Robert D Biggs joined the staff of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) in 1963 after receiving his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. In June 2004, he celebrated his 70th birthday and retired from the University of Chicago as Professor of ... .... Learn More -
Wisdom Literature in Mesopotamia and Israel [Paperback]
Richard J. Clifford (Author)
$19.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9781589832190
Published by : Society of Biblical Literature
This volume offers a rich collection of essays by distinguished Assyriologists and biblicists on the social, intellectual, and literary setting of Mesopotamian wisdom; on specific wisdom texts; and on key themes common to both Mesopotamian and ... .... Learn More -
Pseudo-altpersische Inschriften. Inschriftenfälschungen und moderne Nachbildungen in altpersischer Keilschrift [Paperback]
Rudiger Schmitt (Author)
$42.00ISBN: 9783700139645
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: VERöFFENTLICHUNGEN ZUR IRANISTIK
Volume: 39
The present volume is the first systematic treatment of forged inscriptions in Old Persian cuneiform script. The reason for writing it was the fact that the authenticity of the texts needs special attention just in the case of such a restricted... .... Learn More -
Languages of Iraq, Ancient and Modern [Paperback]
J. Nicholas Postgate (Author)
$37.50ISBN: 9780903472210
Published by : British Institute for the Study of Iraq
For all five thousand years of its history Iraq has been home to a mixture of languages, spoken and written, and the same is true today. In November 2003, to celebrate the country's rich diversity and long history as a centre of civilisation th... .... Learn More -
L'Arabo in epoca preislamica: formazione di una lingua [Paperback]
Daniele Mascitelli (Author)
$208.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9788882654160
Published by : L'Erma di Bretschneider
Editoriale - Alessandra Avanzino; Foreword - Michael C.A. Macdonald; Ringraziamenti; Traslitterazioni; Introduzione: 1. Gli arabi come problema linguistico; 2. Definizione dellarabo come lingua; Parte Prima. Formazione e diffusione della lingua... .... Learn More -
Medecine et medecins au Proche-Orient ancien [Paperback]
Laura Battini (Author); Pierre Villard (Author)
$107.50Out of stock
ISBN: 9781841717500
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Oxbow says: These nine essays, taken from the Acts of the International Colloquium held at the Maison de l'Orient et de la Mediterranee at Lyon in 2002, examine the subject of medicine and doctors in the texts of the ancient Near East. Subjects i... .... Learn More -
Einiges zu den Skythen, ihrer Sprache, ihrem Nachleben [Paperback]
Manfred Mayrhofer (Author)
$23.00ISBN: 9783700137313
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Sitzungsberichte der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 742
This book is in the tradition of the Austrian founder of Old Iranian study on the Scythians, Wilhelm Tomaschek (1841-1901). Mayrhofer's book deals, on the one hand, with the continuance of a Scythian topos in the Middle Ages (up to Franz Grillp... .... Learn More -
Uto von Melzer: Fahrangnevis: Materialien zu einem Persisch-Deutschen Wörterbuch Band I-IV [Hardback]
Nosratollah Rastegar (Editor)
$720.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783700136613
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Veröffentlichungen zur Iranistik
Volume: 35
Aus dem Nachlass des österreichischen Iranisten Uto v. Melzer, der vom Institut fuer Iranistik (in erster Linie durch Dr. Dr. h.c. Nosratollah Rastegar) gemeinsam mit dem Institut fuer Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Graz seit 1996 bearbeite... .... Learn More -
Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia Volume VI: Goal Year Texts [Hardback]
Hermann Hunger (Editor)
$143.00ISBN: 9783700137276
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Denkschriften der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 346
This volume presents an edition of cuneiform tablets with lunar and planetary data, extending from the 3rd century to the 1st century B.C. By far the largest part of these data are observations, in all likelihood excerpted from "Astronomical D... .... Learn More

