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Autore |
Rutz Matthew |
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Titolo |
Bodies of knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia [[electronic resource] ] : the diviners of late Bronze Age Emar and their table collection / / by Matthew Rutz |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (704 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ancient magic and divination ; ; v. 9 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Assyro-Babylonian literature |
Assyro-Babylonian religion |
Cuneiform tablets - Syria - Emar (Extinct city) |
Divination - History - To 1500 |
Omens - History - To 1500 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Text and Archaeology: Practitioners and Practice, Diviners and Divination -- Chapter Two. Emar on the Euphrates: Archaeology, History, and Society -- Chapter Three. ‘Temple’ M1: Morphology of a Tablet Collection -- Chapter Four. Interpreting the ‘Temple’ M1 Tablet Collection -- Chapter Five. Conclusion -- Key to the Appendices -- Appendix A. Excavated Tablets and Fragments by Find-spot -- Appendix B. Excavated Tablets and Fragments by Genre -- Appendix C. Colophons -- Appendix D. Summary of Epigraphic Data from Emar and ‘Temple’ M1 -- Bibliography -- Emar Fragments: New Identifications -- Concordance and Index of Excavated Emar Texts by Publication Number -- Objects Excavated in Emar -- Looted Tablets from Emar and the Middle Euphrates -- Concordance and Index of Excavated Emar Texts by Excavation Number -- Miscellaneous Ancient Texts Discussed -- Words Discussed -- Proper Nouns Discussed -- Subjects. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia Matthew Rutz explores the relationship between ancient collections of texts, commonly deemed libraries and archives, and the modern interpretation of titles |
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