Sargonic and Presargonic Texts in The World Museum Liverpool

By E.L. Cripps

A new study of the Old Akkadian tablets in the collection of the World Museum Liverpool. It comprises three sections. Chapter 1 recounts the modern history of the tablets, dealing with the acquisition of the tablets in the early twentieth century and surveying scholarly treatments of the texts. Chapter 2 discusses chronology and offers some interpretations of their historical context based on internal evidence. The final section presents the 49 texts themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407306766
• ISBN13: 9781407306766
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.7"