"This book is a pedagogical tool intended to increase reading fluency for second or third semester Akkadian students by way of annotated readings. It is equally an introduction to Akkadian prayers and hymns from ancient Mesopotamia."--Page ix.
Errors of many kinds abound in Akkadian writings, but this fact's far-reaching implications have never been unraveled and systematized. To attempt this is the aim of this book. Drawing on scholarship from other fields, it outlines a framework for the critical evaluation of extan…
Errors of many kinds abound in Akkadian writings, but this fact's far-reaching implications have never been unraveled and systematized. To attempt this is the aim of this book. Drawing on scholarship from other fields, it outlines a framework for the critical evaluation of extan…
Errors of many kinds abound in Akkadian writings, but this fact's far-reaching implications have never been unraveled and systematized. To attempt this is the aim of this book. Drawing on scholarship from other fields, it outlines a framework for the critical evaluation of extan…
This volume includes critical and collated editions of all the inscriptions of the 1st-millennium Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (626-605), Amel-Marduk (biblical Evil-Merodach, 561-560), and Neriglissar (559-556). The editions are preceded by an introduction and followed by a glo…
