The Nimrud Letters, 1952 : Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud V Hardback
by H. W. F. Saggs
Hardback
Description
In 1952 in one wing of the North-West Palace at Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Max Mallowan excavated an archive room containing royal correspondence from the reigns of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II of Assyria.
Subjects include Assyrian military activity in Babylonia and on the northern frontier, royal building projects, events on the Phoenician seaboard, and relations with King Midas of Phrygia.
Some texts were published in Iraq between 1955 and 1974; the majority have remained unpublished until now.
Two hundred and forty-three texts are published here; most are in New Assyrian script and the remainder in New Babylonian.
Chapters divide the tablets into the geographical areas they are concerned with.
The texts are presented with transliterations, translation and notes.
Plates at the end of the book give facsimiles of the tablets.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:327 pages, plus 64 b/w plates
- Publisher:The British School of Archaeology in Iraq
- Publication Date:01/12/2001
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- ISBN:9780903472203
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:327 pages, plus 64 b/w plates
- Publisher:The British School of Archaeology in Iraq
- Publication Date:01/12/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780903472203
