From the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea: Studies in the History of Assyria and Babylonia in Honour of A.k. Grayson - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9062583121 ISBN 13 : 9789062583126

Editeur : Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO), 2004

Synopsis

This volume publishes twenty-papers on the history of Assyria and Babylonia as a Festschrift for A K (Kirk) Grayson. Following a biography of Grayson, the well-presented contributions examine the textual, epigaphic, material and iconographic sources for the region, combining to produce a multi-disciplinary picture of ancient Assyria and Babylonia. Subjects include: Babylonian forgeries; the Assyrian presence in Syria; maceheads from Tell Mohammed in the BM; Middle Assyrian private letters; waal slabs in the palace at Khorsabad; royal inscriptions; the Sargon stele; the use of year-names in reconstruvting the first dynasty of babylon; Babylonian chronicles and scientific texts; the Assyrians as collectors; Darius I. The majority of papers are in English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO)
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9062583121
• ISBN 13: 9789062583126
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 321
• Éditeur: Frame G.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible