Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Clarence Elwood Keiser
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ferris J. Stephens
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 134
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Vitali Bartash
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1501510320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2,000 BCE). The vast corpus of cuneiform records from this period sheds light on the various mechanisms behind the development of this cultural innovation. Weighing became the means of articulating the value of both imported and locally-produced goods within a socioeconomic system that had reached an unprecedented level of complexity. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of this cultural and economic phenomenon, which simultaneously reflected and shaped the relationships between individuals and groups in Mesopotamia throughout the third millennium BCE.
Author: Bastian Still
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-06-24
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9004399968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Social World of the Babylonian Priest, Bastian Still presents a comprehensive study of the priestly community of Borsippa during the Neo-Babylonian and early Persian Empires (ca. 620-484 BCE). By examining patterns of marriage, landholding, moneylending, and friendship, he provides an intimate account of the daily life of the Babylonian priesthood beyond the temple walls and develops a more sophisticated understanding of the organisation of ancient Babylonian society as a whole. Combining the use of social network analysis, anthropological studies, and sociological concepts concerned with kinship, tie strength, social boundaries, and identity formation, Bastian Still’s interdisciplinary approach transcends the traditional boundary of cuneiform studies and enables the field of Assyriology to contribute to a more general socio-historical discourse. “S.’s book is a valuable contribution to our growing knowledge of the Mesopotamian priesthoods in the first millennium.” -Nathan MacDonald, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44.5 (2020)
Author: Richard A. Parker
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2007-05-23
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 1556354533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: W. F. Leemans
Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1950
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Henry F. Lutz
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2005-09-14
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 1597523690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe intention of Ancient Texts and Translations (ATT) is to make available a variety of ancient documents and document collections to a broad range of readers. The series will include reprints of long out-of- print volumes, revisions of earlier editions, and completely new volumes. The understanding of ancient societies depends upon our close reading of the documents, however fragmentary, that have survived. --K. C. Hanson Series Editor
Author: Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780931464942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Babylonian studies 'Wisdom' is used to cover a group of texts similar in scope to the Biblical Wisdom books: discussions on the problem of suffering, teaching on the good life, fables or contest literature, and proverbs.
Author: Eleanor Robson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-06-30
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 0691201404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monumental book traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Eleanor Robson offers a history like no other, examining ancient mathematics within its broader social, political, economic, and religious contexts, and showing that mathematics was not just an abstract discipline for elites but a key component in ordering society and understanding the world. The region of modern-day Iraq is uniquely rich in evidence for ancient mathematics because its prehistoric inhabitants wrote on clay tablets, many hundreds of thousands of which have been archaeologically excavated, deciphered, and translated. Drawing from these and a wealth of other textual and archaeological evidence, Robson gives an extraordinarily detailed picture of how mathematical ideas and practices were conceived, used, and taught during this period. She challenges the prevailing view that they were merely the simplistic precursors of classical Greek mathematics, and explains how the prevailing view came to be. Robson reveals the true sophistication and beauty of ancient Middle Eastern mathematics as it evolved over three thousand years, from the earliest beginnings of recorded accounting to complex mathematical astronomy. Every chapter provides detailed information on sources, and the book includes an appendix on all mathematical cuneiform tablets published before 2007.