A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 vols)
A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 vols)

Author: Raymond Westbrook

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003-08-01

Total Pages: 1235

ISBN-13: 904740209X

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The first comprehensive survey of the world's oldest known legal systems, this collaborative work of twenty-two scholars covers over 3,000 years of legal history of the Ancient Near East. Each of the book's chapters represents a review of the law of a particular period and region, e.g. the Egyptian Old Kingdom, by a specialist in that area. Within each chapter, the material is organized under standardized legal categories (e.g. constitutional law, family law) that make for easy cross-referencing. The chapters are arranged chronologically by millennium and within each millennium by the three major politico-cultural spheres of the region: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia and the Levant. An introduction by the editor discusses the general character of Ancient Near Eastern Law.

Ancient Egyptian Chronology
Ancient Egyptian Chronology

Author: Erik Hornung

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-12-30

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 9047404009

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This volume deals with the chronology of Ancient Egypt from the fourth millennium until the Hellenistic Period. An initial section reviews the foundations of Egyptian chronology, both ancient and modern, from annals and kinglists to C14 analyses of archaeological data. Specialists discuss sources, compile lists of known dates, and analyze biographical information in the section devoted to relative chronology. The editors are responsible for the final section which attempts a synthesis of the entire range of available data to arrive at alternative absolute chronologies. The prospective readership includes specialists in Near Eastern and Aegean studies as well as Egyptologists.

Glossary Of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Terms
Glossary Of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Terms

Author: Dilwyn Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-06

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1317726642

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First Published in 1988. This glossary of ancient Egyptian nautical terms compounds the titles of naval personnel, harbour personnel and dockyard personnel. Following this, the glossary focuses on the ship types, ship parts, ship equipment and specific naval installations. Alongside miscellaneous terms, there is additional attention made to actual names of ships, boats, and temple barks. The title concludes with a comprehensive appendix.

Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume III
Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume III

Author: Miriam Lichtheim

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006-03-04

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0520248449

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"First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Volume III spans the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. It features a new foreword by Joseph G. Manning"--Publisher's description.

Transformation of a Goddess
Transformation of a Goddess

Author: David T. Sugimoto

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783525543887

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This book deals with the changing nature of the goddess Ishtar/Astarte/Aphrodite, who was widely revered in the ancient West Asia and the Mediterranean world and was known by different names. Although the three names are often closely related, their mutual relation has not yet been sufficiently clarified. They appear with different characters and attributes in various areas and periods. ... In this volume, specialists on different areas and periods discuss the theme from various perspectives, allowing a new and broader understanding of the goddess(es) concerned. The areas covered range from Mesopotamia to the Levant, Egypt and the Mediterranean world, the periods embraced from the third millenium BCE to the Hellenistic age. The volume is the fruit of an international conference held in Tokyo in 2011. Drawing on discussions at the conference, each article was completely rewritten.

Ancient Egyptian Literature
Ancient Egyptian Literature

Author: Antonio Loprieno

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-12-28

Total Pages: 743

ISBN-13: 9004676716

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This volume deals with the development and the characteristics of the literature of Ancient Egypt over a period of more than two millennia, from the monumental origins of autobiography at the end of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2150 BCE) down to the latest literary compositions in Demotic during the Graeco-Roman period (300 BCE-200 CE). This book, the result of an international co-operation among more than twenty scholars, is divided into sections devoted to the definition of literary discourse in Ancient Egypt; the history and genres of these texts, their linguistic and stylistic features; and the image of Ancient Egypt as displayed in later literary traditions of the Mediterranean world - Greek, Coptic, Arabic. With over thirty chapters, this volume provides an interdisciplinary account of current research in one of the methodologically most advanced fields of Egyptology.