The Hittite Gilgamesh

The Hittite Gilgamesh
Author: Gary M. Beckman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Akkadian language
ISBN: 9781948488068

The adventures of Gilgamesh were well known throughout Babylonia and Assyria. This is a new edition of the material from Bogazkoy, of particular importance to modern scholars in reconstructing the epic. It documents a period in the history of the narrative's progressive restructuring and elaboration.

The Textual Criticism of Sumerian Literature

The Textual Criticism of Sumerian Literature
Author: Paul Delnero
Publisher: American Society of Overseas Research
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Sumerian literature
ISBN: 9780897570886

Introduction -- Mechanical errors -- Local and regional variation -- Diachronic variation -- Variants in sources compiled by the same scribe or group of scribes -- Idiosyncratic variants -- Interpretive variants -- Procedure for evaluating textual variation -- Conclusion.

The SBL Handbook of Style

The SBL Handbook of Style
Author: Society of Biblical Literature
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 158983965X

The definitive source for how to write and publish in the field of biblical studies The long-awaited second edition of the essential style manual for writing and publishing in biblical studies and related fields includes key style changes, updated and expanded abbreviation and spelling-sample lists, a list of archaeological site names, material on qur’anic sources, detailed information on citing electronic sources, and expanded guidelines for the transliteration and transcription of seventeen ancient languages. Features: Expanded lists of abbreviations for use in ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and early Christian studies Information for transliterating seventeen ancient languages Exhaustive examples for citing print and electronic sources

The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture

The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture
Author: Karen Radner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 838
Release: 2011-09-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 019161761X

The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent look beyond the boundaries of the written word, using Mesopotamia's clay tablets and stone inscriptions not just as 'texts' but also as material artefacts that offer much additional information about their creators, readers, users and owners.

Sumerian Texts from Ancient Iraq

Sumerian Texts from Ancient Iraq
Author: Benjamin Studevent-Hickman
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1937040860

The 145 tablets presented in this volume are among a larger group of 302 tablets confiscated by U.S. customs which were being stored in a World Trade Center building when it was destroyed on 9/11. The 145 tablets, which come from an unknown site near Nippur in southern Iraq, are the documents of a high official named Aradmu that detail routine agricultural operations, including receipts and grain loans. The group was repatriated to Iraq in late 2010, after the tablets were conserved and the author had completed his study. The editions offered in this volume complete an incredible journey for the tablets and the stories they hold.

As Above, So Below

As Above, So Below
Author: Gina Konstantopoulos
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2021-09-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1646021533

This volume addresses the nexus of religion and geography in the ancient Near East through case studies of various time periods and regions. Using Sumerian, Akkadian, and Aramaic text corpora, iconography, and archaeological evidence, the contributors illuminate the diverse phenomena that occur when religion is viewed through the lenses of space and place. Gina Konstantopoulos draws upon Sumerian literature to understand mythicized and semimythicized locations. Seth Richardson and Elizabeth Knott focus on the Old Babylonian period, with Richardson addressing the interplay between law, location, and the gods, while Knott turns from text to image, relocating the reader to Syria and realizing the potential of royal iconography when situated in the “right” space. Shana Zaia moves forward to the first millennium, following the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as it shifted from city to city, with divine implications. Finally, Arnulf Hausleiter and Sebastiano Lora focus on northwest Arabia, unearthing a local pantheon and situating it among the various influences in the region from the second millennium onward. Covering a broad geographical and temporal scope while maintaining a cohesive focus on the theme, this book will appeal especially to Assyriologists, scholars of the ancient Near East, and specialists in historical geography.

Astronomical Cuneiform Texts

Astronomical Cuneiform Texts
Author: O. Neugebauer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1983-06-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

Published with the assistance of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey

Middle Eastern Cities

Middle Eastern Cities
Author: Ira Marvin Lapidus
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1969-01-01
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN: 9780520038509

Amarna Studies

Amarna Studies
Author: William L. Moran
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 900436983X

In this volume are collected all of the writings Moran devoted to the Amarna letters over more than four decades, including his doctoral dissertation, which has been one of the most widely cited unpublished works in ancient Near Eastern studies. A citation index makes Professor Moran's comments on individual texts readily accessible.