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Old Babylonian Texts in the Ashmolean Museum

Mainly from Larsa, Sippir, Kish, and Lagaba

Stephanie Dalley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:31st Mar '05

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This volume completes the publication of all identified Old Babylonian tablets in the Ashmolean Museum accessed before 1966. Although many of them were acquired from dealers in the 1920s and 1930s, most can be assigned to sites and connected with similar holdings in other museums. The combination of full catalogue, indices, and copies provides an invaluable tool for further research on three of the most important cities of the 18th century BC. Links with Mycenaean administrative practices, and information about the hitherto dubious Sealand dynasty, are two interesting aspects highlighted in the introduction.

ISBN: 9780199272778

Dimensions: 312mm x 234mm x 15mm

Weight: 699g

248 pages