| From the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea: Studies in the History of Assyria and Babylonia in Honour of A.K. Grayson Contributor(s): Frame, G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9062583121 ISBN-13: 9789062583126 Publisher: Peeters OUR PRICE: $56.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Series: Pihans |
| Physical Information: (1.12 lbs) 321 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |