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Sasson, Jack M

From the Mari archives : an anthology of Old Babylonian letters / Anthology of Old Babylonian letters Jack M. Sasson - Paperback edition, with additions, corrections, and improvements - xx, 457 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Hardback edition published in 2015

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Kingship -- Administration -- Warfare -- Society -- Religion -- Culture -- Reflections -- Introduction -- Works consulted -- Concordances and indexes -- Addendum

"A selection of translations of the hundreds of letters from ancient Mari (Tell Hariri) on the Euphrates River, categorizing them by type of letter, contents, and with commentary on the ways in which the letters provide access into our understanding of ancient Mesopotamian society, in the 2nd millennium B.C.E."--

ISBN: 9781575067865 1575067862

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Amorites--History--Sources
Assyro-Babylonian letters--Syria--Mari (Extinct city)
Assyro-Babylonian letters--Translations into English
Inscriptions--Syria--Mari (Extinct city)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mari (Extinct city)--History--Sources
Babylonia--History--Sources
Mari (Extinct city)--Antiquities

LC Class. No.: / SA252F

Dewey Class. No.: / SA252F