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Auteur(s) : Sasson, Jack Murad (1941-....)
Titre(s) : From the Mari archives [Texte imprimé] : an anthology of Old Babylonian letters / Jack M. Sasson
Publication : Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-454 p.) ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. 348-366. Index
La 4e de couv. indique : "For over 40 years, Jack M. Sasson has been studying and
commenting on the cuneiform archives from Mari on the Euphrates River, especially
those from the age of Hammurabi of Babylon. Among Mari's wealth of documents, some
of the most interesting are letters from and to kings, their advisers and functionaries,
their wives and daughters, their scribes and messengers, and a variety of military
personnel. The letters are revealing and often poignant. Sasson selects more than
700 letters as well as several excerpts from administrative documents, translating
them and providing them with illuminating comments. In distilling a lifetime of study
and interpretation, Sasson hopes to welcome readers into a fuller appreciation of
a remarkable period in Mesopotamian civilization.Sasson's presentation is organized
around major institutions in an ancient culture: (1) Kingship, treating accumulation
of wealth, control of vassals, dynastic marriages, treaty-obligations, as well as
illustrating the hazards and vexation of ruling a large territory; (2) Administration,
from palaces that teem with bureaucrats, musicians, and cooks, to the management of
provinces and vassal kingdoms; (3) Warfare, military establishment and martial practices;
(4) Society, including organs of justice (and shortcuts to it), crime, punishment,
and civil transactions; (5) Religion, including notices on diverse pantheons, rituals,
priesthood, cultic paraphernalia, vows, ordeals, and channels to the gods (divination,
dreams, and prophecy); and (6) Culture, including ethnic distinctions, class structure,
and moments in the life cycle (birth, childhood, family life, health matters, death,
and commemoration).Sasson's presentation of the material brings to life a world entombed
for four millennia, concretizes the realities of ancient life, and gives it a human
perspective that is at once instructive and entertaining.The book is accompanied by
extensive concordances and indexes (including to biblical passages) that will be useful
to those who wish to study the letters more intensively."
Sujet(s) : Tablettes cunéiformes -- Mari (Syrie ; ville ancienne)
Littérature assyro-babylonienne -- Sources
Mari (Syrie ; ville ancienne) -- Histoire -- Sources
Indice(s) Dewey :
939.43 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Syrie - Des origines à 0640 ap. J.-C. ; 492.1 (23e éd.) = Langues sémitiques du groupe oriental - Akkadien (Assyro-babylonien)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781575068305. - ISBN 1575068303
EAN 9781575068305
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443772216
Notice n° :
FRBNF44377221
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