From the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea: Studies in the History of Assyria and Babylonia in Honour of A.K. Grayson

By Grant Frame

This volume publishes twenty-papers on the history of Assyria and Babylonia as a Festschrift for A K (Kirk) Grayson. Following a biography of Grayson, the well-presented contributions examine the textual, epigaphic, material and iconographic sources for the region, combining to produce a multi-disciplinary picture of ancient Assyria and Babylonia. Subjects include: Babylonian forgeries; the Assyrian presence in Syria; maceheads from Tell Mohammed in the BM; Middle Assyrian private letters; waal slabs in the palace at Khorsabad; royal inscriptions; the Sargon stele; the use of year-names in reconstruvting the first dynasty of babylon; Babylonian chronicles and scientific texts; the Assyrians as collectors; Darius I. The majority of papers are in English.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9062583121
• ISBN13: 9789062583126
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.