Cuneiform inscriptions in the collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem : the old Babylonian inscriptions / / edited by Joan Westenholz and Aage Westenholz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826677203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-39679-6; 9786611396794; 90-474-0838-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Cuneiform monographs ; ; v. 33
• Altri autori (Persone): WestenholzJoan Goodnick <1943->; WestenholzAage
• Disciplina: 492.1
• Soggetti: Akkadian language; Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian; Babylonia History Sources; Babylonia Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-147) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- LIST OF PLATES -- CATALOGUE OF TEXTS -- CONCORDANCE OF MUSEUM NUMBERS -- NOTES ON THE TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION -- PART I. No. 1: LARSA "RITUAL" TABLET -- A. The Text -- B. The Gods -- C. The Cult -- D. The Priesthood, Cultic Functionaries, and Temple Staff -- E. Prosopography -- F. Transliteration, Translation and Philological Notes -- PART II. ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS -- Introduction -- No. 2: Dedicatory Cones of Išme-Dagan -- No. 3: Dedicatory Cones of Lipit-Ištar -- No. 4: Barrel Cylinder of Sîn-iddinam -- No. 5: Foundation Tablet of Rīm-Sîn -- PART III. ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS -- No. 6: Administrative Text: Account of Silver Payments -- No. 7: Juridical Text: Real Estate Sale -- No. 8: Administrative Text: Account of Delivery of Silver -- No. 9: Administrative Text: Ledger with Tabulated Bookkeeping -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDICES -- Index of Divine Names -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Place Names -- Index of Words -- PLATES.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume offers new cuneiform sources on the political, religious, juridical, and economic history of southern Babylonia in the nineteenth and early eighteenth centuries B.C.E. Among these texts is a 600-lines long document (no. 1) recording in unusual detail the daily routine followed in the temples of the city of Larsa and thus sheds light on the religious practices of the ancient Babylonians. Using this document as its point of departure, the first part of the book examines those practices - the service of the gods and the performance of the clergy. This document is especially important for the history of ancient religion.