Bar-Ilan University Press

Bar-Ilan Studies in Assyriology

Dedicated to Prof. Pinhas Artzi

Edited by: Jacob Klein
This collection of studies consists of two parts: 1. Papers on Sumerian literature and religion that contain, inter alia, an edition of the "Marriage of Martu" myth by the noted Sumerologist, S.N. Kramer. 2. Studies in the El-Amarna archive, Neo-Assyrian and Hittite history and Mesopotamian law, all contributed by Bar-Ilan faculty members. From the series "Bar-Ilan Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Culture". Publications of the Bar-Ilan University Institute of Assyriology.

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Danacode: 110-10280 ISBN: 965-226-100-9 Language: English Pages: 310 Weight: 800 gr Dimensions: 17X25 cm Publication Date: 01/1990 Publisher: Bar-Ilan University Press

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