Mesopotamia

ISBN: 9780918986504
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization
Volume: 44
This study of two domestic neighbourhoods at Nippur, TA and TB, correlates information from texts found in these houses with architectural modifications to the buildings, and considers the socio-economic circumstances of the occupants. The chap... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780918986344
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
This volume is the first of three final reports on the joint expedition of the Oriental Institute and the University of Copenhagen in the Hamrin Salvage project of Iraq. The main focus is on the Early Dynastic I round fortress of Uch Tepe. It ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780226623962
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization
Volume: 25
Although this book is now somewhat out-of-date, it remains a useful synthesis of archaeological material, correlating the evidence from one site with that from another. Some evidence of its enduring value can be found in the fact that this is t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780226622828
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Assyriological Studies
Volume: 20
A collection of synthetic articles covering the field of Sumerology, including: Nissen on the geography of Sumer, Tom B Jones on the administrative archives, Edzard on the Sumerian oath, Diakonoff on writing, Civil on lexicography, and Sjöberg,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780226623399
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Communications
Volume: 22
In this volume the Nippur Expedition publishes the first results of its new program of research at Nippur, the holy city of Mesopotamia. This program, bringing together an interdisciplinary team to work on a historical site in Mesopotamia, foc... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780226622026
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 99
This volume publishes all of the cuneiform tablets excavated at Tell Abu Salabikh in 1963 and 1965 with the exception of a very few fragments considered illegible. All other tablets are represented by a copy, by a photograph, or by both. Except... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780226623085
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: MATERIALS ASSYRIAN DICTIONARY
Volume: 4
This volume presents transliterations of all the unpublished Sargonic material in the Louvre Museum except that from Lagash and Susa. Nearly all the texts are administrative documents concerning animals (mainly sheep and goats, but also bovines... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780226623092
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: MATERIALS ASSYRIAN DICTIONARY
Volume: 5
This volume presents transliterations of texts in the Ashmolean Museum, most of which are from Kish and Umm-el-Jir, near Kish. A few texts of unknown origin have also been included. The majority of these tablets are standard administrative text... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780931464942
Published by : Eisenbrauns
In Babylonian studies 'Wisdom' is used to cover a group of texts similar in scope to the Biblical Wisdom Books: discussions of suffering, teaching on the good life, fables or context literature and proverbs. These texts are not only of consider... .... Learn More