Writing Sumerian, Creating Texts: Reflections on Text-building Practices in Old Babylonian Schools [PDF]
, 2015 Sumerian lexical and literary compositions both emerged from the same social sphere, namely scribal education. The complexities of inter-compositional dependence in these two corpora have not been thoroughly explored, particularly as relevant to ...
Jay Crisostomo
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Kassite letters: communicating orders and networking within the administration of Kassite Babylonia
, 2021 In this DPhil thesis the language, style, structure, epistolary function and content of 314 Kassite period letters from Nippur, which were available to the author, are analysed. Nippur yielded the largest number of Kassite period letters in comparison with other Kassite period findspots.
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New Investigations in the Environment, History and Archaeology of the Iraqi Hilly Flanks: Shahrizor Survey Project 2009-2011 [PDF]
, 2012 Recent palaeoenvironmental, historical, and archaeological investigations, primarily consisting of site reconnaissance, in the Shahrizor region within the province of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan are bringing to light new information on the region’s ...
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Ein Bronzedolch des Simbar-Šipak von Babylon (1025-1008). Überlegungen zu Waffenweihungen im Vorderen Orient [PDF]
, 2006 Ein Bronzedolch, der derzeit in der Schausammlung des Archäologischen Museums von Tabriz (Iran) ausgestellt ist, gehört zu einer prominenten Gruppe innerhalb der sogenannten „Luristanbronzen“, nämlich der der beschrifteten Randgriffdolche.
Kroll, S, Radner, K
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A Middle Assyrian Fragment Mentioning Iron from Kassite Nippur [PDF]
, 2021 In this study, a fragment from the Hilprecht Collection in Jena will be discussed. The tablet was previously identified as Middle Babylonian and published as TMH NF 5, 59. Closer inspection reveals Middle Assyrian palaeography.
Ridder, Jacob Jan de +1 more
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Sngr/Samḫarû/Sanḫara/Šinʿār and the Implications for Early Kassite History
KaskalThis is a detailed review (date, context and usage) of the use of the Old Testament toponym Šinʿār = Babylonia and its cognate terms in Akkadian (Samḫarû/Samḫara) in Babylonian and Hittite sources, and Sngr in Egyptian documents.
Clayden, Tim
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Mapping the Linguistic Landscapes of Mesopotamia [PDF]
, 2018 Though Ancient Near Eastern Studies has increasingly paidattention to language contact and areal linguistics in recentyears, there have so far been but few systematic attempts atplacing the relevant languages on a map.
Hess, Christian W.
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Wooden Wax-Covered Writing Boards as Vorlage for kudurru Inscriptions in the Middle Babylonian Period [PDF]
, 2023 The inscriptions on Middle Babylonian kudurru monuments contain references to a certain type of Vorlage, wooden wax-covered writing boards. The kudurru monuments were erected in temples as (legal) proof of a royal land grant.
Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô
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The delegation of power: Neo-Assyrian bureau seals [PDF]
, 2008 Bureau seals are an innovation of the Assyrian administration to cope with the delegation of power that running a world empire demanded. By placing some bureau seals in their historical context we find indications that these seal types were introduced ...
Radner, K
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The Limits of Middle Babylonian Archives [PDF]
, 2013 This paper deals with the archives of the Middle Babylonian Period (1500-1000 BC) giving first an overview of the material, showing the limits of the existing and so far published texts and then trying to reconstruct lost archives with special help of ...
Paulus, Susanne
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