wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Old Babylonian Texts in the Ashmolean Museum: Mainly from Larsa, Sippir, Kish, and Lagaba
ISBN: 9780199272778 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume completes the publication of all identified Old Babylonian tablets in the Ashmolean Museum accessed before 1966. Although many of them were acquired from dealers in the 1920s and 1930s, most can be assigned to sites and connected with similar holdings in other museums. The combination of full catalogue, indices, and copies provides an invaluable tool for further research on three of the most important cities of the 18th century BC. Links with Mycenaean administrative practices, and information about the hitherto dubious Sealand dynasty, are two interesting aspects highlighted in...
This volume completes the publication of all identified Old Babylonian tablets in the Ashmolean Museum accessed before 1966. Although many of them wer...
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786,21 zł |
The City of Babylon: A History, C. 2000 BC - Ad 116
ISBN: 9781107136274 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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427,20 zł |
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced
ISBN: 9780198728849 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recognized in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon and its location have long been steeped in mystery and puzzling myths.
In this remarkable volume Stephanie Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, exposes new evidence and clarifies all the known material about this enigmatic World Wonder. Placing the Garden within a... The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a...
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87,52 zł |
The City of Babylon: A History, C. 2000 BC - Ad 116
ISBN: 9781316501771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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110,24 zł |
Esther's Revenge at Susa: From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus
ISBN: 9780199216635 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities? Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative reflects real happenings in seventh-century Assyria, where the widespread belief that revenge belongs to the gods explains why Assyrian kings described punitive campaigns as divine acts, leading to the mythologizing of certain historical events. Ashurbanipal's sack of Susa, led by the deities Ishtar and Marduk, underlies the Hebrew story of Esther, and that story contains traces of the cultic calendar of Ishtar-of-Nineveh. Dalley traces the way in...
Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities? Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative ref...
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501,48 zł |
The Legacy of Mesopotamia
ISBN: 9780199291588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This collection explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of recent rediscovery on European art is also explored.
This collection explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was develo...
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513,86 zł |