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The ancient Near East: historical sources in translation

edited by Mark W. Chavalas
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, [2006]
Copyright:
©2006
Related Series:
Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history
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Summary:
Review: "This book provides the reader with the primary sources for the history of the ancient Near East. Covering the period from the earliest historical and literary texts (ca. 2700 B.C.) to the advent of Alexander the Great (331 B.C.), it presents new translations of Mesopotamian and ancient Near Eastern historiographic texts, and other related materials."--Jacket.
Table of Contents:
  • Sumerian early dynastic royal inscriptions / Glenn Magid
  • Old Akkadian period texts / Benjamin Studevent-Hickman and Christopher Morgan
  • Late third millennium BCE Sumerian texts / Richard Averbeck, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, and Piotr Michalowski
  • Old Babylonian period inscriptions / Frans van Koppen
  • Miscellaneous old Babylonian period documents / Frans van Koppen
  • Late Bronze Age inscriptions from Babylon, Assyria, and Syro-Palestine / Frans van Koppen [and others]
  • Correspondence from El-Amarna in Egypt / Eva von Dassow and Kyle Greenwood
  • Hittite historical texts I / Gary Beckman [and others]
  • Hittite historical texts II / Kathleen R. Mineck, Theovan den Hout, and Harry A. Hoffner, Jr.
  • Neo-Assyrian and Syro-Palestinian texts I / Sarah C. Melville [and others]
  • Neo-Assyrian and Syro-Palestinian texts II / Brent A. Strawn [and others]
  • Neo-Babylonian period texts from Babylonia and Syro-Palestine / Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, Sarah C. Melville, and Scott Noegel
  • Achaemenid period historical texts concerning Mesopotamia / Bill T. Arnold and Piotr Michalowski.
Contributors:
Chavalas, Mark W. (Mark William), 1954- , editor
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Related Series:
Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history
Subjects:
Middle East — History — To 622 — Sources
To 622
Middle East
Genres:
Sources
History
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical sources in translation.
Physical Description:
xx, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Physical Characteristics:
map; illustration
Call Numbers:
DS62.2 .A63 2006
ISBNs:
0631235809 (hbk.)
9780631235804 (hbk.)
0631235817 (pbk.)
9780631235811 (pbk.)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2005013796
OCLC Numbers:
60375467
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