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.

Info autore

edited by David B Weisberg

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Weisberg, David B. Weisberg
• Con la collaborazione di: David Weisberg (Editore)
• Editore: ISD International - IPSUK
• Lingue: Accadico
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 18.12.2003
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico
• EAN: 9781885923288
• ISBN: 978-1-885923-28-8
• Numero di pagine: 282
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 23.5 x 30.7 x 3 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 1’755 g
• Serie: Oriental Institute Publications; Oriental Institute Publication > 122; Oriental Institute Publications