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Mesopotamian Poetic Language

Author : Marianna E. Vogelzang,H. L. Herman L. J. Vanstiphout
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9072371844

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Mesopotamian Poetic Language by Marianna E. Vogelzang,H. L. Herman L. J. Vanstiphout Pdf

This collection of articles is the result of the second meeting of the Mesopotamian Literature Group (Groningen), held in Groningen from 12 till 14 July 1993. The topics treated by these scholars from six countries range from theoretical issues to specific analyses, from broad structures to linguistic textures, including metaphorical language as well as phonic features; also, various poetical techniques and strategies are studied. The interest is more in the questions that are raised than in the answers given, and the matter of legitimization of our theoretical bases runs throughout most contributions, this being the aim of the Group.

Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia

Author : Dominique Charpin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226101590

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Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia by Dominique Charpin Pdf

Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization—home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. The Code was only part of a rich juridical culture from 2200–1600 BCE that saw the invention of writing and the development of its relationship to law, among other remarkable firsts. Though ancient history offers inexhaustible riches, Dominique Charpin focuses here on the legal systems of Old Babylonian Mesopotamia and offers considerable insight into how writing and the law evolved together to forge the principles of authority, precedent, and documentation that dominate us to this day. As legal codes throughout the region evolved through advances in cuneiform writing, kings and governments were able to stabilize their control over distant realms and impose a common language—which gave rise to complex social systems overseen by magistrates, judges, and scribes that eventually became the vast empires of history books. Sure to attract any reader with an interest in the ancient Near East, as well as rhetoric, legal history, and classical studies, this book is an innovative account of the intertwined histories of law and language.

Proceedings of the 53th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

Author : Leonid E. Kogan,Natalia Koslova,Sergey Loesov,Serguei Tishchenko
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066394

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Proceedings of the 53th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale by Leonid E. Kogan,Natalia Koslova,Sergey Loesov,Serguei Tishchenko Pdf

The second half of the proceedings, City Administration in the Ancient Near East, is available here. A workshop volume is available here. In July 2007, the 53rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (the annual meeting of the International Association of Assyriologists) was held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. In Moscow, several hundred Assyriologists enjoyed the hospitality of the Russian State University for the Humanities. Dozens of papers on the topic “Language in the Ancient Near East,” were delivered at the University. More than 50 of those papers are published in this 2-volume set.

Hittite Texts and Greek Religion

Author : Ian Rutherford
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199593279

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Hittite Texts and Greek Religion by Ian Rutherford Pdf

Our knowledge of ancient Greek religion has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. Using preserved cuneiform texts, this book explores cases of contact or influence between Ancient Greece and the Hittites to further our understanding of the complex history of religious practices.

Women, Crime and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society

Author : Elisabeth Meier Tetlow
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0826416284

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Women, Crime and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society by Elisabeth Meier Tetlow Pdf

Crime and punishment, criminal law and its administration, are areas of ancient history that have been explored less than many other aspects of ancient civilizations. Throughout history women have been affected by crime both as victims and as offenders. Yet, in the ancient world customary laws were created by men, formal laws were written by men, and both were interpreted and enforced by men.

The God Dagan in Bronze Age Syria

Author : Lluís Feliu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004496316

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The God Dagan in Bronze Age Syria by Lluís Feliu Pdf

Subject of this book is the god Dagan (biblical Dagon), the principal deity of the Middle Euphrates region. Lluís Feliu, carefully analysing the sources from Ebla and Mari for the third millennium, from Mari for the Old Babylonian period and from Emar and Ugarit for the Middle Babylonian period, here gives a meticulous diachronic survey of the divine subject. A final chapter summarizes the results in describing the character of Dagan, his origin and his area of influence. Of particular interest to Assyriologists, to biblical scholars and to comparative religionists.

A Glossary of Old Syrian Volume 2: l—z

Author : Joaquín Sanmartín
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781646022816

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A Glossary of Old Syrian Volume 2: l—z by Joaquín Sanmartín Pdf

A Glossary of Old Syrian

Author : Joaquin Sanmartín
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781646023110

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A Glossary of Old Syrian by Joaquin Sanmartín Pdf

A Glossary of Old Syrian: ʔ – ḳ is the first of two volumes aimed at the completion of a lexicographical index of the Old Syrian linguistical continuum. This glossary gives a picture, or map, of the Old Syrian lexicon as it can be extracted and reconstructed from the available sources, from the (Old Akkadian-)Eblatic through the Old and Middle Babylonian corpora. Old Syrian can be defined most appropriately as a diachronically conservative, geographically pluricentric, and pragmatically multilayered linguistic cluster. Therefore, the present work pays special attention to the distribution of lexical data along diatopic and diastratic criteria. In view of the enormous amount of material and the dispersion of the data, this glossary focuses on the most representative textual corpora of the Old Syrian linguistic landscape. The bibliographical references are kept deliberately succinct and as a rule, restricted to the classic works that may be easily found in every Assyriological or Semitic library, public or private, and that will redirect the users to their sources. Since the Old Syrian lexicography remains uncertain, the leading interpretative opinions are included alongside the most relevant comparative Semitic material. A Glossary of Old Syrian offers a clear picture of the current state of this field and is intended to serve as a reference work in support of future study.

Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646021505

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Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE by Anonim Pdf

The city of Ur—now modern Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, also called Ur of the Chaldees in the Bible—was one of the most important Sumerian cities in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic Period in the first half of the third millennium BCE. The city is known for its impressive wealth and artistic achievements, evidenced by the richly decorated objects found in the so-called Royal Cemetery, which was excavated by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until 1934. Ur was also the cult center of the moon god, and during the twenty-first century BCE, it was the capital of southern Mesopotamia. With contributions from both established and rising Assyriologists from ten countries and edited by three leading scholars of Assyriology, this volume presents thirty-two essays based on papers delivered at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held in Philadelphia in 2016. Reflecting on the theme “Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE,” the chapters deal with archaeological, artistic, cultural, economic, historical, and textual matters connected to the ancient city of Ur. Three of the chapters are based on plenary lectures by senior scholars Richard Zettler, Jonathan Taylor, and Katrien De Graef. The remainder of the essays, arranged alphabetically by author, highlight innovative new directions for research and represent a diverse array of topics related to Ur in various periods of Mesopotamian history. Tightly focused in theme, yet broad in scope, this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists and archaeologists working on Iraq.

The Queens of the Arabs During the Neo-Assyrian Period

Author : Ellie Bennett
Publisher : PSU Department of English
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646023097

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The Queens of the Arabs During the Neo-Assyrian Period by Ellie Bennett Pdf

The title “Queen of the Arabs” is applied in Neo-Assyrian texts to five women from the Arabian Peninsula. These women led armies, offered tribute, and held religious roles in their communities from 738 to approximately 651 BCE. This book discusses what the title meant to the women who carried it and to the Assyrians who wrote about them. Whereas previous scholarship has considered the Queens of the Arabs in relation to the military and economic history of the Neo-Assyrian empire, Eleanor Bennett focuses on identity, using gender theory to locate points of the women’s alterity in Assyrian sources and to analyze how Assyrian cultural norms influenced the treatment of the “Queens of the Arabs.” This kind of analysis shows how Assyrian perceptions of the Queens of the Arabs, and of Arabian populations more generally, changed over time. As the Queens of the Arabs were located on the periphery of the Assyrian Empire, Bennett incorporates data from the Arabian Peninsula. The shift from an Assyrian lens to an Arabian one highlights inaccuracies in the Assyrian material, which brings into focus Assyrian misunderstandings of the region. The Arabian Peninsula also offers comparative models for the Queens of the Arabs based on Arabian cultures.

Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 29 March - 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin: The reconstruction of environment : natural resources and human interrelations through time ; art history : visual communication

Author : Hartmut Kühne,Rainer Maria Czichon,Florian Janoscha Kreppner
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN : 3447057033

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Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 29 March - 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin: The reconstruction of environment : natural resources and human interrelations through time ; art history : visual communication by Hartmut Kühne,Rainer Maria Czichon,Florian Janoscha Kreppner Pdf

The Congress hosted 611 registered participants from 38 countries. Its aim was to be an international forum for scholars and demands of Near Eastern Archaeology. From the four sections of the Congress, Vol. I: 1) The Reconstruction of Environment. Natural Resources and Human Interrelation through Time, 2) Visual Communication, [Vol. II: 3) Social and Cultural Transformation: The Archaeology of Transitional Periods and Dark Ages, 4) Archaeological Field Reports (Excavations, Surveys, Conservation) ISBN 978344705757-8].Together these volumes unite 77 contributions on about 1100 pages. They are arranged according to the sections. The rst three will be introduced by the key lectures which were given by Tony Wilkinson, Winfried Orthmann, and Roger Matthews. The resumes of these sections were provided by Wendy Matthews, Dominik Bonatz, and Diederik J.W. Meijer. The contributions cover many aspects of the main themes through time, from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic / Roman period, and offer interdisciplinary approaches to complex archaeological problems.

Septuagint and Reception

Author : Johann Cook
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047430698

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Septuagint and Reception by Johann Cook Pdf

This collection contains essays prepared for the newly established Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa. It includes contributions on the Old Greek text, the reception of the LXX and a number of related themes.

Ancient Mesopotamian Religion and Mythology

Author : W.G. Lambert
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161536746

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Ancient Mesopotamian Religion and Mythology by W.G. Lambert Pdf

The late W.G. Lambert (1926-2011) was one of the foremost Assyriologists of the latter part of the twentieth century. His principle legacy is a large number of superb critical editions of Babylonian literary compositions. Many of the texts he edited were on religious and mythological subjects. He will always be remembered as the editor of the Babylonian Job (Ludlul bel nemeqi, also known as the Poem of the Righteous Sufferer), the Babylonian Flood Story (Atra-hasis) and the Babylonian Creation Epic (Enuma elish). The present book is a collection of twenty-three essays Lambert published between the years 1958 and 2004. These endure not only as the legacy of one of the greatest authorities on ancient Mesopotamian religion and mythology, but also because each makes statements of considerable validity and importance. As such, many are milestones in the fields of Mesopotamian religion and mythology.

Gilgames̆ and the World of Assyria

Author : Joseph Azize,Noel Weeks
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9042918020

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Gilgames̆ and the World of Assyria by Joseph Azize,Noel Weeks Pdf

In July 2004, a number of scholars gathered for a conference on Gilgamesh and the World of Assyria, at The University of Sydney. This volume of conference papers features contributions by Andrew George, the key note speaker, and established scholars such as J. D. Forest, V. A. Hurowitz, G. A. Rendsburg, N. Weeks and I. M. Young, together with those of other local scholars. The chief theme is the Gilgamesh epic, but interesting suggestions are made concerning the importance of that epic for biblical studies and Assyriology in general.