The ancient Near East : historical sources in translation / edited by Mark W. Chavalas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chavalas, Mark W. (Mark William), 1954-

Series:

Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Middle East--History--To 622--Sources.

Middle East.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xx, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

This book provides the reader with the primary sources for the history of the ancient Near East. Covering the period from the earliest historical and literary texts (c.2700 B.C.) to the Hellenistic historians who wrote on ancient Near Eastern history (c.250 B.C.), it presents new translations of Mesopotamian and ancient Near Eastern historiographic texts, and other related materials.An opening chapter sets out the themes of the book and discusses the difficulties of translating cuneiform texts into English, as well as the difficulty of reconstructing ancient Near Eastern history from textual sources. Texts featured in the main body of the book range from the code of Hammurabi to the Assyrian royal inscriptions. For each text, a detailed commentary is provided, placing it in its historical and cultural context. Maps, illustrations, and a chronological table help to orient the reader.

Contents:

Sumerian early dynastic royal inscriptions / Glenn Magid

Old Akkadian period texts / Benjamin Studevent-Hickman and Christopher Morgan

Late third millenium BCE Sumerian texts / Richard Averbeck, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, and Pitor Michalowski

Old Babylonian period inscriptions / Frans van Koppen

Miscellaneous old Babylonian period documents / Frans van Koppen

Late Bronze Age inscriptions from Babylon, Assyria, and Syro-Palestine / Frans von Koppen ... [et al.]

Correspondence from El-Amarna in Egypt / Eva von Dassow and Kyle Greenwood

Hittite historical texts I / Gary Beckman ... [et al.]

Hittite historical texts II / Kathleen R. Mineck ... [et al.]

Neo-Assyrian and Syro-Palestinian texts I / Sarah C. Melville ... [et al.]

Neo-Assyrian and Syro-Palestinian texts II / Brent A. Strawn ... [et al.]

Neo-Babylonian period texts from Babylonia and Syro-Palestine / Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, Sarah C. Melville, and Scott Noegel

Achaemenid period historical texts concerning Mesopotamia / Bill T. Arnold and Piotr Michalowski.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631235809

0631235817

OCLC:

60375467

Publisher Number:

9780631235804 (hbk)

9780631235811 (pbk)