Presargonic Period

Author : Douglas Frayne
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442690479

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The book Presargonic Period (2700-2350 BC) provides editions of all known royal inscriptions of kings who ruled in ancient Mesopotamia down to the advent of King Sargon of Akkad. Most of the inscriptions come from the city states of Lagsh and Umma; inscriptions from other sites are rather poorly attested. The volume includes a handful of new inscriptions recently uncovered in Iraq. Information on museum numbers, excavation numbers, provenances, dimensions, and lines preserved in the various exemplars are displayed for multi-exemplar texts in an easy-to-read tabular form. Also included in several commentary sections are notes on the find-spots of the inscriptions from Lagas and references about various toponymns to be discussed in a forthcoming study of the author on the geography of Lagas and Umma provinces. Indexes of museum numbers, excavation numbers, and concordances of selected publications complete the volume.

Author : Douglas Frayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1074117892

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Presargonic Period (2700-2350 BC) by Douglas Frayne Pdf

Author : Donald M. Matthews
Publisher : Saint-Paul
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 3525538960

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The Early Glyptic of Tell Brak by Donald M. Matthews Pdf

This book is the most comprehensive treatment of the art of Syria in the third millennium B.C. It is a catalogue of nearly 600 seals from Tell Brak, combined with a general study of the comparative material. It is both a basic word of reference and a new synthesis of the Syrian Early Bronze Age. relate to taxation during the New Kingdom.

Author : Jerrold S. Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UVA:X001688232

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Presargonic Inscriptions by Jerrold S. Cooper Pdf

The Vadaratnavali, Visnudasa's only extant work, has not previously been translated. In this work, Gerow not only translates the text, but also aims to represent the entire relevant thought of Visnudasa. The result is a Cook's Tour of medieval Indian intellectuality as well as an accurate representation of Visnudasa's argument.

Author : Louis C. Jonker,Angelika Berlejung ,Izak Cornelius
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781991201164

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Multilingualism in Ancient Contexts by Louis C. Jonker,Angelika Berlejung ,Izak Cornelius Pdf

Multilingualism remains a thorny issue in many contexts, be it cultural, political, or educational. Debates and discourses on this issue in contexts of diversity (particularly in multicultural societies, but also in immigration situations) are often conducted with present-day communicational and educational needs in mind, or with political and identity agendas. This is nothing new. There are a vast number of witnesses from the ancient West-Asian and Mediterranean world attesting to the same debates in long past societies. Could an investigation into the linguistic landscapes of ancient societies shed any light on our present-day debates and discourses? This volume suggests that this is indeed the case. In fourteen chapters, written and visual sources of the ancient world are investigated and explored by scholars, specialising in those fields of study, to engage in an interdisciplinary discourse with modern-day debates about multilingualism. A final chapter – by an expert in language in education – responds critically to the contributions in the book to open avenues for further interdisciplinary engagement – together with contemporary linguists and educationists – on the matter of multilingualism.

Author : John M. Steele
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782974932

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Calendars and Years by John M. Steele Pdf

Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year used in early Mesopotamian administrative practices in order to simplify accounting procedures. Historians frequently use handbooks and tables for converting dates in ancient calendars into the familiar BC/AD calendar that we use today. But very few historians understand how these tables have come about, or what assumptions have been made in their construction. The seven papers in this volume provide an answer to the question what do we know about the operation of calendars in the ancient world, and just as importantly how do we know it? Topics covered include the ancient and modern history of the Egyptian 365-day calendar, astronomical and administrative calendars in ancient Mesopotamia, and the development of astronomical calendars in ancient Greece. This book will be of interest to ancient historians, historians of science, astronomers who use early astronomical records, and anyone with an interest in calendars and their development.

Author : John H. Walton
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493414369

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Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament by John H. Walton Pdf

Leading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. It includes over 30 illustrations. Students and pastors who want to deepen their understanding of the Old Testament will find this a helpful and instructive study.

Author : Gwendolyn Leick
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810863248

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Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia by Gwendolyn Leick Pdf

The Greek name Mesopotamia means 'land between the rivers.' The Romans used this term for an area that they controlled only briefly (between 115 and 117 A.D.): the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, from the south Anatolian mountains ranges to the Persian Gulf. It comprises the civilizations of Sumer and Akkad (third millennium B.C.) as well as the later Babylonian and Assyrian empires of the second and first millennium. Although the 'history' of Mesopotamia in the strict sense of the term only begins with the inscriptions of Sumerian rulers around the 27th century B.C., the foundations for Mesopotamian civilization, especially the beginnings of irrigation and the emergence of large permanent settlements, were laid much earlier, in the fifth and fourth millennium. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia defines concepts, customs, and notions peculiar to the civilization of ancient Mesopotamia, from adult adoption to ziggurats. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-reference dictionary entries on religion, economy, society, geography, and important kings and rulers.

Author : Vitali Bartash
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501510267

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Establishing Value by Vitali Bartash Pdf

This book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2,000 BCE). The vast corpus of cuneiform records from this period sheds light on the various mechanisms behind the development of this cultural innovation. Weighing became the means of articulating the value of both imported and locally-produced goods within a socioeconomic system that had reached an unprecedented level of complexity. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of this cultural and economic phenomenon, which simultaneously reflected and shaped the relationships between individuals and groups in Mesopotamia throughout the third millennium BCE.

Author : Gojko Barjamovic,Kim Ryholt
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-24
Category : Assyro-Babylonian literature
ISBN : 9788763543729

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Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia by Gojko Barjamovic,Kim Ryholt Pdf

The term ‘canonicity’ implies the recognition that the domain of literature and of the library is also a cultural and political one, related to various forms of identity formation, maintenance, and change. Scribes and benefactors ‘create’ canon in as much as they teach, analyze, preserve, prom¬ulgate and change ‘canonical’ texts according to prevailing norms. From early on, texts from the written traditions of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were accumulated, codified, and to some extent canonized, as various collections developed mainly in the environment of the temple and the palace. These written traditions represent sets of formal and informal cultures that all speak in their own ways of canonicity, normativity, and other forms of cultural expertise. Some forms of literature were used not only in scholarly contexts, but also in political ones, and they served purposes of identity formation. This volume addresses the interrelations between various forms of ‘canon’ and identity formation in different time periods, genres, regions, and contexts, as well as the application of contemporary conceptions of ‘canon’ to ancient texts.

Author : Catherine Breniquet,CŽcile Michel
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782976325

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Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East by Catherine Breniquet,CŽcile Michel Pdf

The history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, different societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep (and their wool) always played an important economic role. The 22 papers presented here explore the place of wool in the ancient economy of the region, where large-scale textile production began during the second half of the 3rd millennium. By placing emphasis on the development of multi-disciplinary methodologies, experimentation and use of archaeological evidence combined with ancient textual sources, the wide-ranging contributions explore a number of key themes. These include: the first uses of wool in textile manufacture and organization of weaving; trade and exchange; the role of wool in institutionalized economies; and the reconstruction of the processes that led to this first form of industry in Antiquity. The numerous archaeological and written sources provide an enormous amount of data on wool, textile crafts, and clothing and these inter-disciplinary studies are beginning to present a comprehensive picture of the economic and cultural impact of woollen textiles and textile manufacturing on formative ancient societies.

Author : Nicholas L. Kraus
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004443242

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Scribal Education in the Sargonic Period by Nicholas L. Kraus Pdf

Scribal Education in the Sargonic Period presents an in-depth analysis of scribal education during the period of Sargonic hegemony in ancient Mesopotamia (c. 2335-2150 BCE).

Author : Lluis Feliu,J. Llop,A. Millet Albà,Joaquin Sanmartín
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 861 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575068565

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Time and History in the Ancient Near East by Lluis Feliu,J. Llop,A. Millet Albà,Joaquin Sanmartín Pdf

In July, 2010, the International Association for Assyriology met in Barcelona, Spain, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Time and History in the Ancient Near East.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual Rencontre, including the papers from several workshop sessions on “architecture and archaeology,” “early Akkadian and its Semitic context,” “ Hurrian language,” “law in the ancient Near East,” “Middle Assyrian texts and studies,” and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the University of Barcelona.

Author : Lluís Feliu,Fumi Karahashi,Gonzalo Rubio
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501503696

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The First Ninety Years by Lluís Feliu,Fumi Karahashi,Gonzalo Rubio Pdf

This volume is dedicated to Miguel Civil in celebration of his 90th birthday. Civil has been one of the most influential scholars in the field of Sumerian studies over the course of his long career. This anniversary presents a welcome occasion to reflect on some aspects of the field in which he has been such a driving force.

Author : Johanna Luggin,Sebastian Fink
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783658278595

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Battle Descriptions as Literary Texts by Johanna Luggin,Sebastian Fink Pdf

Battle descriptions are usually seen as the raw material of the military historian, who uses them to explain why generals won or lost a given battle. This volume does not aim to contribute to this discussion; it rather approaches battle descriptions as literary texts that interact with the expectations of a given audience. Therefore literary traditions in structure, vocabulary and topics of battle descriptions should be explored. The transgression of genre-borders – also literary and fictional texts are included – and a broad comparative approach, combining evidence from the third millennium BC up to the 20th century AD, makes cultural specifics and differences more easily perceivable. Contents With contributions by Marcos Such-Guttiérrez, Pavel Čech, Hilmar Klinkott, Wolfgang Oswald, Kai Ruffing, Oliver Stoll, Martin M. Bauer, Reinhold Bichler, Christian Mileta, Simon Lentzsch, Sven Günther, Dennis Pulina, Johanna Luggin, Sonjar Koroliov, Magdalena Gronau and Martin Gronau. The Editors Dr. Johanna Luggin is a post-doc researcher in the ERC-funded project “NOSCEMUS – Nova Scientia: Early Modern Science and Latin” in Innsbruck, Austria. Dr. Sebastian Fink is a postdoctoral researcher at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence “Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions”.