Neo-Babylonian Texts in the Oriental Institute Collection

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 B.C. during the Neo-Babylonian period. The more noteworthy subject matter of the texts includes an adoption document, sale of houses and a field (from the Nur-Sin archive), a "datio in solutum," a court protocol concerning a loan of silver with interest specified, proceedings in the assembly concerning personal status, a Mar Banutu text from the town of Hubat, a court record concerning the status of a freed person, a contract with fowlers to supply birds to Eanna, an inventory of the finery of the Lady-of-Uruk for craftsmen, a four-column list of precious objects, a two-column list of words, a tablet whose obverse records part of a contract and whose reverse is from Sb B, a fragment of an Akkadian religious text or medical or astrological commentary, and a fragment of a literary text.

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edited by David B Weisberg

Zusammenfassung

The 173 texts contained in this volume are dated from 699 to 423 BC, during the Neo-Babylonian period. Contains transliterations, translations, text notes, commentary, indices, and a mixture of hand-drawn copies and photographs of the tablets.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Weisberg, David B. Weisberg
• Mitarbeit: David Weisberg (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: ISD International - IPSUK
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.12.2003
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antike
• EAN: 9781885923288
• ISBN: 978-1-885923-28-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 282
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 23.5 x 30.7 x 3 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 1’755 g
• Serie: Oriental Institute Publications; Oriental Institute Publication > 122; Oriental Institute Publications