Records of the Reign of Tukulti-Ninib I, King of Assyria, about B.C. 1275

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Produktbeschreibung

The text and translation of an Assyrian cuneiform foundation tablet, dating to the thirteenth century BCE, published in 1904.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781108082419
• ISBN-10: 1108082416
• Artikelnr.: 42463505

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. Materials for the early history of Assyria
2. The memorial tablets of Adad-Nirari I and Tukulti-Ninib I
3. The historical value of Tukulti-Ninib's tablet
4. Description of the tablets
5. Analysis of the text
6. Babylonian and Assyrian foundation memorials
7. Egyptian foundation deposits compared
8. The foundation sacrifice
9. Object and origin of foundation deposits
10. Their manner of burial
11. The city of Kar-Tukulti-Ninib
12. Tukulti-Ninib's campaigns
13. His conquest of Babylon
14. Early relations of Assyria and Babylon
15. Smaller inscriptions of Tukulti-Ninib
16. The seal-inscription of Tukulti-Ninib
17. The undeciphered portion of the seal-inscription
18. Suggested interpretations of the characters
19. Tukulti-Ninib's successors
20. Problems connected with Tukulti-Ninib's rule in Babylon
Part II. Texts and Translations: 1. The annals of Tukulti-Ninib I
2. Supplementary texts
Appendix
Cuneiform texts
Index.