Author : Mikko Luukko
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ISBN 13 : 9789521013386
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud by : Mikko Luukko
Download or read book The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud written by Mikko Luukko and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The important corpus of Neo-Assyrian political and administrative letters discovered in ancient Calah (present-day Nimrud) by Sir Max Mallowan in the early 1950s has been partially accessible to Assyriologists in marvellous hand-copies and preliminary transliterations and translations since 1955, thanks to the pioneering efforts of the late H. W. F. Saggs. Nevertheless, his long-awaited edition of the entire corpus, which appeared in 2001, left a great deal of room for improvement. This critical edition, based on careful study of the originals in the British Museum and the historical background of the letters, clarifies a host of problems and details pertinent to the reign of Tiglath-pileser III in particular, and for the first time makes this extraordinary collection of letters completely accessible to the historian.