
The Nesbit Tablets
David I. Owen(Author)
Eisenbrauns (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 18. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-1-57506-294-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1914, William M. Nesbit published his dissertation at Columbia University on 30 archival texts from the Third Dynasty of Ur. Now, more than a century later, the remaining tablets in his collection have been recovered and, thanks to the generosity of the Nesbit family, were made available for publication by David I. Owen. The majority of texts published here is from Puzris-Dagan (Drehem) with some from Nippur and Umma. They originate from the earliest clandestine finds at those sites. The 98 texts, including a re-edition of the previously published tablets, are provided with a catalogue, hand-copies, selected photographs, along with transliterations, translations and comments, thus providing an important addition to the extensive corpus of Ur III texts from this important period in Mesopotamian history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pennsylvania State University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
753 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57506-294-5 (9781575062945)
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Author
Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Jadaic Studies, EmeritusCornell, emeritus faculty
Assisted by
Postdoctoral AssociateCornell