Language & Texts

ISBN: 9780897570848
Published by : American Schools of Oriental Research
Series: JCS Supplement Series
This volume publishes and discusses 186 cuneiform documents from the Late Old Babylonian period (1683-1595 B.C.), including 95 hand copies, mostly from Sippar texts in British Museum collections. The Late O.B. epoch marks the last... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674049680
Published by : Harvard University Press
Over 5,000 years ago, the history of humanity radically changed direction when writing was invented in Sumer, the southern part of present-day Iraq. For the next three millennia, kings, aristocrats, and slaves all made intensive use of cuneifo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780340983881
Published by : Hodder & Stoughton
This volume in the "teach yourself" series, aims to do just that, to give the reader an independent grounding in the Babylonian language. It is thus much more descriptive and explanatory than a standard primer and contains numerous exercises an... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780041865219
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This volume is a scholarly tribute to Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University, from some of his students, colleagues, and companions, in appreciat... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781885923769
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS
Volume: 32
Writing, the ability to make language visible and permanent, is one of humanity's greatest inventions. This book presents current perspectives on the origins and development of writing in Mesopotamia and Egypt, providing an overview of each wri... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780903472289
Published by : British Institute for the Study of Iraq
This volume is intended as a tribute to the memory of the Sumerologist Jeremy Black, who died in 2004. The Sumerian phrase zà-mí-zu dug-ga-àm 'Your praise is sweet' is commonly addressed to a deity at the close of a work of Sumerian literature... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898948292
Published by : Bennett and Bloom
This volume contains further ancient hieroglyphic inscriptions from southeastern Turkey. These are translated and annotated in full, and are accompanied by a comprehensive glossary. Also included is an analysis of the language of the inscriptio... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004174962
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Even though scholars have known of Neo-Babylonian legal texts almost since Assyriology's very beginnings, no comprehensive study of court procedure has been undertaken. This lack is particularly glaring in light of studies of court procedure in... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780292723535
Published by : University of Texas Press
Living in 2300 BCE, Sumerian high priestess Enheduanna became the first author of historical record by signing her name to a collection of hymns written for forty-two temples throughout the southern half of ancient Mesopotamia, the civilization... .... Learn More