Mesopotamia

ISBN: 9781885923288
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 122
The 173 texts contained in this volume were acquired by the Oriental Institute Tablet Collection over a long period of years from various sources. The texts are dated from 699 to 423 BC, during the Neo-Babylonian period. The more noteworthy sub... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781885923240
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 121
A sequel to the author's Cuneiform Texts from the Ur III Period in the Oriental Institute, Volume 1: Drehem Administrative Documents from the Reign of Aulgi (OIP 115), this volume is the editio princeps of the 605 cuneiform tablets in the Asi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902937168
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Tell Brak in Syria is one of the largest and most important multi-period sites in northern Mesopotamia. Excavations in 1994-1996 cast new light on everyday life at the settlement through several phases of occupation from the early 4th millenni... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789657162088
This monograph establishes the ethno-linguistic character of a geographical region of Iran between c.1000 and 600 BC. Focusing on prosopographical and onomastic evidence only, Zadok isolates 221 individuals and 475 toponyms from the collation o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780924171895
Published by : Univ Pennsylvania Museum Pubs
Series: PENN UNIV MUSEUM MONOGRAPH
Volume: 112
A re-analysis of the excavated material from the site at Tepe Gawra, a small pre-urban site located in the northern Mesopotamian piedmont. Rothman discusses the development of the site as a small town centre in the context of the broader economic ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415251044
Published by : Routledge Ltd
A good introduction to the pre- and proto-history of Mesopotamia which includes finds from recent archaeological investigations. Charvát deals with the period c.100,000 to 2334 BC; each chapter is arranged chronologically and begins with a descrip... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841712833
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR Archaeopress
Volume: 1004
The word dimatu appears in cuneiform texts of the second millennium BC. Five different meanings have been proposed for the word - type of structure, kind of settlement, administrative district, taxation unit and extended family commune. This stu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700130284
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A large volume of tablets, transliterated by Abraham Sachs and Hermann Hunger, of lunar and planetary information dating from the 8th to 1st century BC. The first part examines tablets relating to the moon, especially eclipse reports, the secon... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780860549949
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The study aims to form a better understanding of Old-Babylonian houses, both as a building and as a socio-economic and anthropological space. A sample of 131 houses are analysed for their different construction types and, more importantly, thie... .... Learn More