| Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud: Volume VI - Documents from the Nabu Temple and from Private Houses on the Citadel Contributor(s): Herbordt, S. (Editor), Mattila, R. (Editor), Parker, B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0903472341 ISBN-13: 9780903472340 Publisher: British School of Archaeology in Iraq OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2024 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of August 31, 2024 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Arabian Peninsula |
| Physical Information: 340 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This penultimate volume of CTN provides an up-to-date edition and commentary on two major archives from the Kalhu acropolis, from the field seasons of 1953-1956: the business documents (mostly grain loans on triangular dockets) and a few administrative texts from the Nabu Temple (Part I: texts Nos. 1-59) and the legal documents from the household of Samas-sarru-uṣur (Part II: Nos. 60-115); also included are three texts from the "Town Wall Palace" (Part III: Nos. 116-118). S. Herbordt provides a new study of the seal impressions based on drawings and photos, and photographs of both the impressions and unsealed tablets are included where available. The handcopies on Plates 1-44 are from Wiseman, Parker, Postgate and Mattila. Many of these texts were edited previously by Wiseman and Parker in articles in Iraq, but some were only catalogued and others had lain for years uncopied in both the Iraq Museum and the British Museum. Bringing them all together has enabled a more detailed study of the two main archives with the benefit of the advances in our understanding of Neo-Assyrian over the last half century. This gives a valuable insight into the activities of both a major temple and an elite household in the 8th-7th centuries BC. |
