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OverviewThis volume publishes in full for the first time all known cuneiform manuscripts of an Akkadian calendar treatise composed in Babylon in the Late Babylonian period. Plates present hand-drawn copies of the damaged clay tablets in the British Museum's Babylonian collection and the volume includes a composite edition and manuscript score. A comprehensive contextualizing introduction provides a key overview of topics in Mesopotamian scholarship, the manuscripts themselves, and their language and script. A detailed commentary explores how the treatise is unified by the theme of Babylonia's invasion and how it aims to demonstrate the critical importance of the traditional Esagil temple in Babylon, its rituals, and its local elite for the security of Babylonia and its later imperial rulers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frances Reynolds (Shillito Fellow in Assyriology in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, and Fellow and Tutor in Oriental Studies, St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780199539949ISBN 10: 0199539944 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 24 October 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: To order  Table of ContentsFrontmatter Bibliographical Abbreviations Selected Conventions INTRODUCTION 1. The calendar treatise and Mesopotamian scholarship 2. Topography: Babylonian cult and warfare 3. Manuscripts of the calendar treatise and the Mu%s=ezib family 4. Language and script EDITION Table of manuscripts Previous publications Calendar treatise: composite edition MS A colophon and MS C vi: edition Calendar treatise: manuscript score COMMENTARY 1 i 1-12: [Nisannu (day x)] 2 i 1'-7': [Ayaru (day x)] 3 i 8'-23': Sim=anu 4 i 24'-35': Du'=uzu 5 ii 1-3: [Du'=uzu] or [Abu (day x)] 6 ii 1'-13': [Abu (day x)] 7 ii 14'-iii 8: [Ul=ulu] 8 iii 9-15: Ta%sr=itu day 6 9 iii 16-26: Ta%sr=itu day 8 10 iii 27-30: Ta%sr=itu day 13 12 iii 1''-5'': [Kisl=imu (day x)] 13 iv 1-41: .Teb=etu 14 iv 1'-12': [Addaru (day x)] Endmatter References General index Philological index Selective index of texts and publications CUNEIFORM TEXTS Plates 1-8ReviewsAuthor InformationFrances Reynolds is the Shillito Fellow in Assyriology in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, and Fellow and Tutor in Oriental Studies at St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford. After completing her BA in Classics and PhD in Ancient History and Archaeology (Assyriology), she held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Birmingham and worked as a State Archives of Assyria Editor at the University of Helsinki for three years. After teaching and carrying out research in Assyriology at a range of universities in the UK, she began her permanent appointment at the University of Oxford in 2006. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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