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The Assyrian Heroic Epic Of Qa īne Gabbara: A Modern Poem In The Ancient Bardic Tradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This work discusses a modern Assyrian epic, Qa īne Gabbara, in both its oral and written traditions, and examines its importance in marking continuity in culture, traditions and language.
Donabed, Sargon
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Making the Cut: Covenant, Curse and Oath in Deut 27-29 and the Incantation Plaques of Arslan Tash (Society of Biblical Literature: Atlanta, 2015)

open access: yes, 2015
The phrase “cutting a covenant” is familiar to us from texts of the Hebrew Bible. In Gen 15:18, for example, God makes a covenant with Abram that is accompanied by a ritual enactment.
Ramos, Melissa
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Bathing Rooms in First-Millennium Assyria

open access: yesKaskal
This article presents a review of the archaeological evidence relating to those spaces identified as bathrooms in the main Neo-Assyrian palaces. An examination of the primary elements – fixed features, interior decoration, position within the palace ...
Portuese, Ludovico
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25th Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The era of the 25th Dynasty during the eighth and seventh centuries BCE witnessed the annexation of Egypt by kings from the neighboring land of Kush. The phrase “Twenty-fifth Dynasty” may therefore refer to either this family of royals, the state they ...
Pope, Jeremy
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On the word timmu in Ashurbanipal’s account of the sacking of Thebes by his army

open access: yesOrientalia Suecana
The Akkadian (but originally Sumerian) word timmu features prominently in the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal’s (668–631) account of his army’s sacking of the south-Egyptian city of Thebes. Two tall, heavy, and adorned timmu are said to have been seized from
Mattias Karlsson
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Les inégalités sociales en Mésopotamie : quelques précautions de vocabulaire

open access: yesDroit et Cultures, 2015
The Babylonian and Assyrian law collections have long been our only sources of information about the various Mesopotamian social groups. Several provisions from the Code of Hammurabi, the Laws of Eshnunna (18th century BCE) and the Middle Assyrian laws ...
Sophie Démare-Lafont
doaj  

Deut 27 and Ancient Media: The Torah Stones and the Meaning of Covenant

open access: yes, 2016
The tablets of the covenant are one of the most enduring symbols of the Hebrew Bible. In Deuteronomy 27 the command is given to inscribe on stones “all the words of the this torah”: וכתבת על–האבנים את–כל–התורה הזאת .
Ramos, Melissa
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Experiences of Assyrian refugee women seeking care for chronic pain: a qualitative study. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Equity Health, 2023
Altun A, Brown H, Sturgiss E, Russell G.
europepmc   +1 more source

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