Isbn: 9789521013386 - the correspondence of tiglath-pileser iii and sargon ii from calah/nimrud (state archives of assyria, band 19) (6 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The important corpus of Neo-Assyrian political and administrative letters discovered in ancient Calah (present-day Nimrud) by Sir Max Mallowan in the early 1950s has been partially accessible to Assyriologists in marvellous hand-copies and preliminary transliterations and translations since 1955, thanks to the pioneering efforts of the late H. W. F. Saggs. Nevertheless, his long-awaited edition of the entire corpus, which appeared in 2001, left a great deal of room for improvement. This critical edition, based on careful study of the originals in the British Museum and the historical background of the letters, clarifies a host of problems and details pertinent to the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III in particular, and for the first time makes this extraordinary collection of letters completely accessible to the historian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 368 pages. 79.50x7.00x1.02 inches. In Stock.

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