Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Volume VI - Tablets from Sippar 1

Sixth in the series publishing the whole collection of Babylonian and Sumerian cuneiform tablets in the British Museum. In this volume over 10,000 Babylonian tablets acquired by the Museum in 1882 are described. The majority come from the archives of the Shamash temple at Sippar, and are dated to the Neo-Babylonian dynasties (625-331 BC).

Summary

Sixth in the series publishing the whole collection of Babylonian and Sumerian cuneiform tablets in the British Museum. In this volume over 10,000 Babylonian tablets acquired by the Museum in 1882 are described. The majority come from the archives of the Shamash temple at Sippar, and are dated to the Neo-Babylonian dynasties (625-331 BC).

Product details

• Authors: Erie Leichty, Erle Leichty
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1986
• EAN: 9780714111155
• ISBN: 978-0-7141-1115-5
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 32 mm x 283 mm
• Weight: 1460 g
• Series: None; None
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures