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Robert D Biggs retired from the University of Chicago as Professor of Assyriology in the Department of Near... Læs mere
Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a... Læs mere
A complete course on reading and understanding Babylonian, designed for absolute beginners, built around authentic texts and inscriptions.
'A comprehensive Introduction with a light touch (Beckman), a poetic rendering with verve and moxie (Lombardo): This edition of the colossal Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic
An authoritative guide to the Ancient Middle East as seen through the lens of cuneiform writing, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia. Written by a team of... Læs mere
The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a... Læs mere
This volume opens up new perspectives on Babylonian and Assyrian literature, through the lens of a pivotal passage in the Gilgamesh Flood story. It shows how, using a nine-line message where not all was as it seemed, the god Ea inveigled humans into building the Ark.
Topics in this volume of the Proceedings of the 49th SPBS Spring Symposium include: Byzantine attitudes towards the inscribed word, the... Læs mere
The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more... Læs mere
Matthew Wolfgang Stolper began working for the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary in 1978 and became full professor in the Oriental Institute 1987,... Læs mere