Old Babylonian Letters from Tell Asmar Contributor(s): Whiting, Robert M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0918986478 ISBN-13: 9780918986474 Publisher: Oriental Institute Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1987 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Arabic - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
Dewey: 492.1 |
LCCN: 86061412 |
Series: Assyriological Studies |
Physical Information: (1.50 lbs) 177 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An archaeological and philological analysis of the inscriptional material and letters found at Tell Asmar. These finds appear out of a dark age' of Mesopotamian history and reveal a linguistic continuity from the earliest stage of Old Babylonian to Old Akkadian. |