PENNSYLVANIA BABYLONIAN EXPEDITION Series A: CUNEIFORM TEXTS 1908 w/ name list

Description: PENNSYLVANIA BABYLONIAN EXPEDITION Series A: CUNEIFORM TEXTS 1908 w/ name list POB#47476 TITLE: The Babylonian Expedition of The University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, Volume VIII, Part I AUTHOR: Hilprecht, H. V. (series edition); Albert L. Clay (author and translator) PUBLISHER: Philadelphia: Department of Archeology and Palaeontology of the University of Pennsylvania DATE: 1908 EDITION: v. 6. pt. 1. DESCRIPTION: 85, 72 plates, 9 photogravure plates, 32 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD except for a very unobtrusive library stamp on p. 49 Tight binding and full caps. Lighly rubbed cover edges. Pages fresh and clean, no marks (except as noted), no creases or tears. BINDING: Light brown linen quarter over light blue hardboards, probably mid-century modern...Babylonian legal and business documents from an early Babylon dynasty chiefly from Nippur on the Euphrates River in modern day Southern Iraq. Includes 9 photographic plates (each with several tablets depicted) as well as 72 plates of line drawings, each with line notes on margins. .Each of the line drawing plates includes a transliteration and a translation into English by the author. Very helpful, a concordance of proper names is included as a guide to persons mentioned in the records..All ancient cuneiform is priceless - but it doesn't always contain literature or mythology or great proclamations of kings. Present here are ordinary commerce and transactions saved for business purposes. Offers a snapshot into a very distant past, and practice in deciphering cuneiform text. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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