UID:
almafu_9961633211102883
Format:
1 online resource (658 pages)
ISBN:
1-4008-3621-2
Content:
"James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated into one convenient and richly illustrated volume, with a new foreword that puts the tranlations in context. With more than 130 reading selections and 300 photographs of ancient art, architecture and artifacts, this volume provides a stimulating introduction to some of the most significant and widely studied texts of the ancient Near East, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Creation Epic (Enuma elish), the Code of Hammurabi, and the Baal Cycle. For students of history, religion, the Bible, archaeology, and anthropology, this anthology provides a wealth of material for understanding the ancient Near East."--Page 4 of cover.
Note:
Egyptian myths and tales /
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Myths and epics from Mesopotamia --
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Hittite myths /
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Ugaritic myths and epics /
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Legal texts --
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Treaties --
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Egyptian historical texts /
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Assyrian and Babylonian historical texts /
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Palestinian inscriptions /
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Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions /
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South-Arabian inscriptions /
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Egyptian execration texts /
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Egyptian hymns /
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Mesopotamian hymns --
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Didactic and wisdom literature --
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Oracles and prophecies --
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Love poetry --
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Other literary texts --
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Letters.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Pritchard, James B. The Ancient near East Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2010 ISBN 9780691147253
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781400836215
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